Question

Water can move from one cell to another for

• A. Long distance
• B. Short distance
• C. Both A and B
• D. Distance does not matter

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Short distance

Water can move from one cell to another for short distances. It always moves from high water potential to low water potential. This process occurs by three routes : Symplast pathway ( via plasmodesmata), Apoplast pathway ( through cell wall and without crossing any membrane) and the transmembrane pathway (by crossing the plant membranes in its path).

So the correct answer is 'Short distance'.