Transport System

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Subject: Biology

Grade: 11 Science

Members: Trimal Accra, Ashanti Horsham, Aneisa

Collette, Denekea Reid
What is a Transport System?
A transport system is a means by which materials are moved from an
exchange surface or an exchange surface to cell located throughout the
organisms.
Transport System in Plants
Plants have systems for the transportation of substances, using two different
types of transport tissue. Xylem transports water and solutes from the roots
to the leaves, while the Phloem transports food from the leaves to all parts
of the plant.
The way plants conserve water
Cacti in the desert have survived because their leaves have evolved
into non- photosynthetic spines. Evapotranspiration is the release of
water vapour during photosynthesis. When stoma on a leaf is opened
water is released.
Water movement through plants
The major path for water movement into plants is from soil to roots. Water
enters near the tip of a growing root, the same region where root hairs grow.
The surface of the root hairs needs to be in close contact with the soil to
access soil water. Water diffuses into the root, where it can take at least three
different pathways to eventually reach the xylem, the conduit located at the
interior of the root that carries the soil water to the leaves. View the next
level of this animation to see the possible pathways that water can take
across a root.
Environmental Factors That Affect Water Loss In
Plants
Relative Humidity, Temperature, Water, Wind. The environmental factors
affecting transpiration in plants include light, relative humidity,
temperature, availability of water, and wind. Specifically, these are climatic
elements which also affect photosynthesis and other plant growth and
development processes.