Which of these shows the correct pathway taken by water as it moves through a plant?
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☐ A soil → xylem → root hair cells → leaf → air
☐ B soil → root hair cells → xylem → leaf → air
☐ C soil → root hair cells → phloem → leaf → air
☐ D soil → phloem → xylem → root hair cells → air
State two functions of the stomata in a leaf.
In summer, a potato plant makes sugars in its leaves. Some of these sugars are stored in the potato tubers that grow underground.
Which statement about this potato plant is correct?
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☐ A sucrose moves from the tubers to the leaves in the xylem
☐ B sucrose moves from the leaves to the tubers in the phloem
☐ C sucrose moves from the leaves to the tubers in the xylem
☐ D water moves from the tubers to the leaves in the phloem
Name the process by which sugar is moved from the leaves to the tubers.
