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Botany
Movement of Substances
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
04/11/2009

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What do sugars pass through?
Definition
Phloem
Term
Elements of Phloem
Definition
sieve tube elements (angiosperms)
sieve cells (gymnosperms)
Term
what plants have companion cells?
Definition
angiosperms
Term
what are the contents of sieve elements?
Definition
p slime
callose
Term
how does sugar move?
Definition
A=leaf (place with sugar)
Water enters A and pressure forces solutes (sugar) into the "sink" B
sink=some fruit
Term
how does light effect movement of sugar?
Definition
light: shoot to root
dark: root to shoot
Term
cohesion-tension theory
Definition
transpiration pulls water up the plant
negative potential through xylem/roots
Term
what prevents water from falling back down the xylem when transpiration is not occuring?
Definition
adhesion
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