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The document discusses the uptake and transport of water and minerals in plants, highlighting the role of roots, xylem vessels, and the processes involved in water ascent. It explains the necessity of transport systems for moving nutrients and gases within plants, emphasizing the differences between plant and animal transport mechanisms. Additionally, it addresses how environmental factors impact transpiration rates.

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Cape Bio Unit 2 - Uptake and Transport - Part1

The document discusses the uptake and transport of water and minerals in plants, highlighting the role of roots, xylem vessels, and the processes involved in water ascent. It explains the necessity of transport systems for moving nutrients and gases within plants, emphasizing the differences between plant and animal transport mechanisms. Additionally, it addresses how environmental factors impact transpiration rates.

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CAPE BIO.

(UNIT 2) – UPTAKE AND TRANSPORT 1

TOPIC: UPTAKE AND TRANSPORT OF WATER AND MINERALS

-Uptake of ions by active transport in roots (role of epidermis)


-entry of water into plant roots in terms of water potential
- relate structure of xylem vessels to their function (transport and support roles)
-ascent of water in plants: root pressure, capillarity, cohesion/adhesion, transpiration pull, role of stomata
-impact of environmental factors on the rate of transpiration (light and air movements)

The transport needs of plants


Unlike animals, plants make their own organic molecules, using the process of photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide
gas is the source of carbon and light is the source of energy. The main photosynthetic organs are the leaves,
which have evolved a large surface area: volume ratio for efficient capture of carbon dioxide and light. As a
result, most plants do not have compact bodies like animals, but have extensive branching bodies with leaves
above ground. In order to obtain the water and mineral salts also needed for nutrition, plants have extensive root
systems below ground. The plant body therefore spreads out to obtain the carbon dioxide, light energy, water
and inorganic mineral ions it needs from its environment to make organic molecules like sugars and amino
acids.

Transport systems are therefore needed for the following reasons:

• To move substances from where they are absorbed to where they are needed – for example, water and
mineral ions are absorbed by roots and transported in the xylem to other parts of the plant.

• To move substances from where they are produced to where they are needed for metabolism. For
example, sugars are produced in leaves, but glucose is needed by all parts of the plant for respiration and
for converting to cellulose for making cell walls in areas of growth. Glucose can be moved in phloem as
part of the sucrose molecule.

• To move substances to a different part of the plant for storage – for example, to move sugars into a
potato tuber for storage in the form of starch. Unlike animals, plants do not have systems for
transporting carbon dioxide and oxygen. Instead, these gases diffuse through air spaces within stems,
roots and leaves.

Note: plants do not need a transport system


• Carbon dioxide. Photosynthetic plant cells require a supply of carbon dioxide during daylight. Most
photosynthetic tissue is in leaves, and most plants have evolved thin, flat leaves with a large surface area
ideal for absorbing as much carbon dioxide as possible. They obtain this by diffusion from the air.

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