How water is transported throughout a plant.

1. Transportatio
n of water in
plants.
Group members: Daniel,
Sean Hew, Rachel Soh,
Betheany Lim

2. How water is
transported in plants.
 Water is transported to
plant from the soil to
root hair cell, Via
OSMOSIS.

3. How water is
transported in plants.
 The water is then transferred to the
XYLEM because of ROOT PRESSURE.
[As new water moves into the roots it
causes the water to move up the
plant.]

4. How water is transported
in plants.
 Itis because of
CAPILLARY
ACTION which
causes liquid
to rise from the
stem against
gravity.

5. How water is transported in
 Xylem cells are DEAD
plants. AND HOLLOW. This
allows RAPID WATER
TRANSPORT.
 They also have
HARDENED CELL
WALLS to resist
tendency to collapse
when water is sucked
through them.

6. How water is transported
in plants.
 In some
circumstances,
drops of xylem sap
EXUDATES on the
tips or edges of
leaves.
 [Exudates – ooze]
 This process is
called
GLUTTATION.

7. How water is transported
in plants.
 Gluttation occurs in some VASCULAR
PLANTS such as grass.
[Vascular Plants – Land plants with xylem]

8. How water is transported
in plants.
 The LONG-DISTANCE WATER
MOLECLUES occurs first within the
xylem cells of the roots.
 Then the xylem cells of the root.
 Then the xylem cells of the stem and
branch.

9. How water is transported
in plants.
 And then into the xylem of a leaf
midrib and vein.
 Driven by TRANSPIRATION
[Leaf midrib – central part of the leaf]