CHAPTER 1
Identify positions of
xylem and phloem in a
dicot leaf, stem and root
Transport of
substances
How blood
gets
transported in
our body?
How water,
food and
minerals gets
transported in
Plants?
Imagine
What transports water from the roots to
the furthest leaf?
What do plants
rely on?
The bottle tree plant,
Baobab that live 500 years and store up 300 litre of water.
BBC Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9V9bVEDSV
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2iFl6lvj4c
Xylem Describe what you see in the
picture
Continuous long, hollow
tube
Dead, without
Drawi
Microscope
Under the
protoplasm or cross-
ng
walls
Transports
&
Water Minerals
Xylem
Mechanical support
Made up of sieve
tubes and companion
cells (Sucros
e)
Transport food
manufactured in the
leaves to other parts of
the plant by
Phloem
Food is either
transported or
diffused through the
cytoplasm of the sieve
tube cells.
companion cell
beside it to:
keep it alive
Phloem
Function: Adaptations:
Transport Companion cells
manufactured have lots of
food from the mitochondria
leaves to which provides the
other parts of energy needed by
the plants. the sieve tube cells
for respiration.
C
B
D
Vascular Bundle
Xylem vessel Phloem vessels
Vascular Bundle
Stem
Root
Magnification:
Vascular Bundle of a Sunflower root
Vascular bundle
Roo
t
Xylem
Phloem
Magnification:
100X
Vascular Bundle of a Sunflower Stem
Phloe
m
Xyle
m
Vascular bundle
Ste
m
vascularBUNDLE(pure)
PHLOEM
CAMBIUM
XYLEM
Phloem
Transport in
Plants
Phloe
Xylem
m
Manufactur
Mechani Sieve
Wate ed food
cal tube
r (Sucrose)
Support
Miner Lignifie Compani
al Salt d on cell
Walls
Uptake of Water
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Ho
?
Uptake of Water by the Roots
Movement of Water molecules
Osmosis is the net movement of water
molecules from a solution of higher water
potential to a solution of lower water
potential through a selectively permeable
membrane
waterTRANSPORT
Root Hair Cell
Root Hair Cell
Structure & Function
Adaptation Function
Root hair cell has Increase surface area to
long & narrow volume ratio for faster rate of
protrusions absorption of water and
mineral salts
Cell surface Maintain low water potential of
membrane prevents cell for osmosis
leaking of cell sap
Living cell Provides energy from cellular
respiration for absorption of
mineral salts by active
transport
Please
Consider the
following
Uptake of water by Root Hair Cells
Xylem
How is water
transported
y from the xylem
M ion in the roots to
ic t the leaves?
ed
Pr
In plants
Adhesive.Attracts to other
substances
In the stem, water
moves up the xylem
primarily via
transpiration pull
This creates
a suction
force which
pulls water
up the
xylem
This suction force
vessels
due to transpiration
is known as
transpiration pull
Purpose of
Transpiration
Cools the
leaves
Transport
water &
minerals from
the roots to the
Learning
Objectives
Explain the factors
affecting the rate of
transpiration
Factors Affecting Rate of
Transpiration
Temperature
Humidity
Wind
Light
water supply
5 Factors that affect
Transpiration
1. Wind speed
Increases Increases
transpiration rate
2. Humidity
Increases Decreases
transpiration rate
3. Light intensity
Increases Increases
transpiration rate
4. Temperature
Increases Increases
transpiration rate
5. Water supply
Decreases Decreases
Measuring Rate
of Transpiration
Experiment set-up to measure the rate of
transpiration
(1) (2)
Rate of transpiration = Loss in mass (g) Rate of transpiration = Loss in volume (cm3)
(g/h) Time taken (h) (cm3/h) Time taken (h)
Distan
ce
moved
Wilting
Wilting
Excessive transpiration
causes a plant to wilt.
In strong sunlight,
excess transpiration
causes cells to lose
Wilting
Excessive Transpiration
Guard cells
become flaccid
Stomata close
* Rate of photosynthesis
decrease
Wilting-
Advantage