Transport / Plants ☘️🌵

Question 1

Absorption of water and mineral salts take place through

Answer 1

Roots

Question 2

Transport of water when take place in radial direction is called

Answer 2

Lateral transport

Question 3

How many pathways are available for water to enter xylem ?

Answer 3

3 Pathways

🙉 Cellular pathway ( cell to cell )

🙉 Symplast pathway / intracellular (through plasmodesmata)

🙉 Apoplast Pathway / extracellular ( through cell wall 🧱 )

Question 4

Root hairs which are outgrowth of epidermal cells are found at the ?

Answer 4

Root tips

Question 5

Cytoplasmic connections through pores are known as

Answer 5

Plasmodesmata

Question 6

The movement of soil solution through extracellular pathway provided by continuous matrix of cell wall is known as

Answer 6

Apoplastic pathway

Question 7

Inner limiting layer of cortex is

Answer 7

Endodermis

Question 8

Endothermis serve as a barrier or checkpoint because of a waxy belt called

Answer 8

Casparian strip

Question 9

In vacuolar pathway, water moves from ?

Answer 9

Vacuole to Vacuole