TRANSPORT OF FOOD AND MINERALS IN PLANTS: TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

1. Phloem ____ helps in the storage of food.

• Parenchyma
• Sclerenchyma

2. During the loss of water by transpiration, the water from below rises into xylem vessels by a ____ force.

• Capillary force
• Transpirational pull

3. ____ provide mechanical strength and support to the plant in addition to conducting water upward.

• Xylem
• Phloem

4. In ____, conducting cells are living.

• Xylem
• Phloem

5. In ____, conduction requires expenditure of energy.

• Phloem
• Xylem