Transport in plants- key words

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Across
  1. 7. the attraction between water molecules caused by hydrogen bonds
  2. 8. a device that can measure the rate of water uptake as a leafy stem transpires
  3. 12. the tubes which carry water up the plant
  4. 13. a part of the plant where those materials are removed from the transport system. For example, roots receive sugars and store them as starch
  5. 14. a layer of dividing cells
  6. 15. the loss of water vapour from the aerial parts of a plant, mostly through the stomata in the leaves
  7. 16. transports water and minerals
  8. 17. make up the tubes in the phloem tissue that carry sap up and down the plant. the sieve tube elements are separated by sieve plants
Down
  1. 1. the attraction between water molecules and the walls of the xylem vessel
  2. 2. apart of the plant that loads materials into the transport system. For example,the leaves photosynthesise and the sugars made are moved to other parts of the plant
  3. 3. transports dissolved assimilates
  4. 4. a plant adapted to living in water or where the ground is very wet
  5. 5. the transport of assimilates throughout the plant
  6. 6. consists of cells specialised for transporting fluids by mass flow
  7. 7. the cells that help to load sucrose into the sieve tubes
  8. 9. substances that have become part of the plant
  9. 10. a plant adapted to living in dry conditions
  10. 11. gaps in the cell containing cytoplasm that connects the two cells