Transport Systems in Living Things · Life Science

Plant Transport: Xylem and Phloem

Understanding how water and minerals move up while sugars move down in vascular plants.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a giant redwood tree move water hundreds of feet upward without a pump?
  2. 2What would happen to a plant if its phloem were damaged by insects?
  3. 3How do environmental factors like humidity affect the rate of transpiration?

MOE Syllabus Outcomes

MOE: Transport in Flowering Plants - S2
Level: Secondary 2
Subject: Science
Unit: Transport Systems in Living Things
Period: Life Science

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