Question

Answer the following.
(i) Name the vascular tissues labelled A and B.
(ii) What materials are transported through A?
(iii) What materials are transported through B?
(iv) How do the materials in A move upwards to the leaves?

Answer 1

(i) A is Xylem, B is Phloem.

(ii) Water and minerals are transported through the xylem, i.e. the part labelled A.

(iii) Food in the form of sucrose is transported through phloem, i.e. the psrt labelled B.

(iv) In xylem, upwards movement occurs due to diffusion, root pressure, transpiration pull and capillary action.