Translocation (AQA GCSE Biology): Flashcards
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What is translocation?
What is translocation?
Movement of dissolved food molecules through phloem tissue
Which tissue carries out translocation?
Which tissue carries out translocation?
Phloem tissue
What substance is transported during translocation?
What substance is transported during translocation?
Dissolved sugars (sucrose)
Where sugars are produced in plants
Where sugars are produced in plants
Leaves (during photosynthesis)
What is cell sap
What is cell sap
Liquid inside plant cells
How cell sap moves between phloem cells
How cell sap moves between phloem cells
Through pores in cell walls
Two main destinations for transported sugars
Two main destinations for transported sugars
Growing regions and storage organs
Why sugars go to growing regions
Why sugars go to growing regions
To make new cells and grow
Why sugars go to storage organs
Why sugars go to storage organs
To be converted to starch and stored
Method to track sugar movement in plants
Method to track sugar movement in plants
Using radioactive carbon
Result of radioactive carbon experiment
Result of radioactive carbon experiment
Radioactivity detected in stem, proving sugar movement
Tissue that produces phloem tubes
Tissue that produces phloem tubes
Meristem tissue
Location of meristem tissue
Location of meristem tissue
Growing tips of shoots and roots