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Card 6

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Where is most of the water absorbed in plants lost to?

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Card 7

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Water is absorbed by ______ hair cells & passes across the _____ of the root, through the _________ & into the ______ in the central region. From here it travels inside the xylem vessels until it reaches the ______ where it may reach cells and be use

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Card 8

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What can water be used to do, within a plant?

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Card 9

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Water vapour that evaporates from cell walls may diffuse through the ______ into the atmosphere outside the leaf.

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Card 10

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When water travels across the cortex of the root and across the leaf, what are the two main pathways it may follow? Briefly explain these pathways.

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Card 11

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Which pathway would most of the water probably follow and why?

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Card 12

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Water always moves ____ a concentration gradient.

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Card 13

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What is the endodermis?

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Card 14

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How is the endodermis a barrier to the apoplast pathway?

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Card 15

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What is the function of the endodermis?

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