PLANT TRANSPORT OCR BIOLOGY A LEVEL

A level ocr biology plant transport 3.1.3

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What are the main reasons why a multicellular plant needs a specialised transport system?
High metabolic demand, size, SA:V ratio is different in plants (stem is thick but leaves are small and flat).
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What is a dicotyledonous plant? (Dicots)
They make seeds that contain two cotyledons (organs that act as food stores for developing embryo of plant)
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What is a vascular bundle?
Made up of xylem and phloem, the transport system of vessels in a plant.
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Where are the vascular bundles found in a stem and why?
Around the edge to give it strength and support
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Where are the vascular bundles found in a root and why?
In the middle, to help the plant withstand the tugging
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What is a dicotyledonous plant? (Dicots)

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They make seeds that contain two cotyledons (organs that act as food stores for developing embryo of plant)

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What is a vascular bundle?

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Where are the vascular bundles found in a stem and why?

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Where are the vascular bundles found in a root and why?

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