OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Xylem transports
A
water upward
B
sugar upward
C
water downward
D
sugar downward
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As transpiration occurs, it deepens the meniscus of water in the leaf, creating negative pressure (also called tension or suction). The tension created by transpiration “pulls” water in the plant xylem, drawing the water upward in much the same way that you draw water upward when you suck on a straw.

Detailed explanation-2: -Continuous transpiration occurring in all of the leaves of a plant creates a negative pressure in the water column (xylem). This exerts an upward pull on the water column, called transpiration pull. And thus, the water present in the xylem column transports up to the tip of the stem, leaves, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Xylem transports water in plants. Water is absorbed from the soil through root hair cells. Water moves by osmosis from root cell to root cell until it reaches the xylem. It is transported through the xylem vessels up the stem to the leaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -The vascular tissues of these plants are called xylem and phloem. The xylem of vascular plants consists of dead cells placed end to end that form tunnels through which water and minerals move upward from the roots (where they are taken in) to the rest of the plant.

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