Transport in Plants

5. Small channels in cell walls that connect cytoplasms of neighbouring cells.
6. An unbroken chain of water molecules being pulled up the xylem.
8. A waxy strip in the cell walls of endodermis cells.
11. Caused by transpiration at leaves and resulting in low pressure in leaves
12. A woody substance that strengthens cell walls of xylem.

1. Water is pulled up through the xylem vessels to replace the water lost through transpiration.
2. A pathway where water travels through living parts of cells.
3. A pathway where water travels through non-living parts of cells.
4. The loss of water vapour from a plant's surface via the stomata.
7. A plant tissue that contains stem cells which differentiate into xylem and phloem
8. When water molecules stick together by hydrogen bonds.
9. When water molecules stick to the walls of the xylem vessels.
10. Plural term for Stoma