AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The process of transporting the product of photosynthesis from leaves to entire parts of the plant is known as ____
A
crossing over
B
translocation
C
guttation
D
active transport
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The process of movement of food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant is called translocation. Translocation of food takes place through the phloem which carries the food produced through photosynthesis in the leaves to the other plant parts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Phloem transports food from leaf to other parts of the plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -(1) The transportation of food from the leaves to other parts of the plant occurs in the vascular tissue, namely the phloem. This process of transporting food is known as translocation. The phloem consists of companion cells, sieve tubes, phloem parenchyma and fibres.

Detailed explanation-4: -The transport of soluble products of photosynthesis is called translocation and it occurs in the part of the vascular tissue called.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sugars produced in sources, such as leaves, need to be delivered to growing parts of the plant via the phloem in a process called translocation, or movement of sugar.

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