Use the photograph of plant experiment to answer the questions that follow. i) Name the process being investigated. ii) Name the plant tissue involved in the...

      

Use the photograph of plant experiment to answer the questions that follow.
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i) Name the process being investigated.
ii) Name the plant tissue involved in the physiological process illustrated above.
iii) Name the physiological process involved in the process illustrated above.
iv) How is the plant tissue named in (iii) above adapted to its function.

  

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sharon
(i) Translocation
(ii) Phloem tissue
(iii) Active transport/mass flow through diffusion.
(iv) - Have sieve plates that support the phloem tissue.
- Have sieve pores that acts as a pathway to allow movement of materials.
- Sieve tubes are cylindrical and joined end to end interconnected by cytoplasmic filaments.
- Sieve elements lack other cell components like nuclears.
- Has companion cells that have numerous mitochondria to supply energy needed for active transport.
- Presence of plasmodesmata between sieve elements and companion cells to facilitate movement of materials
between.
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 28, 2019 at 12:36


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