organisation

• What is the process called where a plant moves sugars within itself?

  Translocation
• What is the process called that is movement of water in a plant?

  Transpiration
• What tissue is used in translocation?

  Phloem
• What tissue is used in transpiration?


  Xylem
• Adaptations of phloem tissue?

  • sieve plates
  • companion cells
• Adaptations of xylem tissue?

  • it is dead
  • contains lignin
  • hollow
• What are the features of a leaf?

  • palisade mesophyll
  • spongy mesophyll
  • epidermal tissue
  • stomata
• What is the function of palisade mesophyll?

  Contain cholorphyll
• What is the function of spongy mesophyll?

  Air gaps for gas exchange
• What is the function of epidermal tissue?

  Covers outside of leaf
• What is the function of stomata?


  Open and close for gas exchange.
• What factors affect the rate of transpiration?

  • increased temperature
  • increased water availability
  • increased air flow
  • decreased humidity