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    This document outlines the pathway that water takes as it is transported throughout a plant. It notes that there are three key parts to the pathway: 1) water moves from the soil into the root hair, 2) it moves across the cortex of the root into the xylem, and 3) it moves through the xylem up to the leaves. The document also explains that xylem is well-adapted for transporting water due to features like being a continuous tube, having dead and empty cells, containing lignin in its walls, and undergoing secondary thickening.

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    This document outlines the pathway that water takes as it is transported throughout a plant. It notes that there are three key parts to the pathway: 1) water moves from the soil into the root hair, 2) it moves across the cortex of the root into the xylem, and 3) it moves through the xylem up to the leaves. The document also explains that xylem is well-adapted for transporting water due to features like being a continuous tube, having dead and empty cells, containing lignin in its walls, and undergoing secondary thickening.

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    This document outlines the pathway that water takes as it is transported throughout a plant. It notes that there are three key parts to the pathway: 1) water moves from the soil into the root hair, 2) it moves across the cortex of the root into the xylem, and 3) it moves through the xylem up to the leaves. The document also explains that xylem is well-adapted for transporting water due to features like being a continuous tube, having dead and empty cells, containing lignin in its walls, and undergoing secondary thickening.

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    Uptake and transport of

    water and mineral salts.


    Grade 11
    Pathway of water
    Three important parts to
    identify when looking at the
    pathway of water:

    1. Water moves from the soil


    to the root hair.

    2. Moves across the cortex


    of the root to the xylem.

    3. Moves in the xylem to


    the leaves.

    NB NB NB most water transport


    is passive
    Pathway of water: Roots
    Pathway of water: Crossing the cortex to
    the xylem

    High water Low water


    potential potential
    Pathway of water: Root adaptions
    Pathway of water: Crossing the cortex to
    the xylem
    Pathway of water: Water from the Xylem
    to the leaves
    Xylem is adapted to
    transport water
    because:
    ✓Continuous tube
    ✓Dead and empty
    ✓Walls contain lignin
    ✓Walls have pits
    ✓Secondary
    thickening
    Capillarity
    • When liquids spontaneously move up tubes that have a
    small cross section
    • Xylem vessels and tracheids are very narrow
    • Water moves up xylem vessels in a continuous column
    Root pressure
     Upward force in roots due to
    continuous influx of water
    from soil
     By osmosis through root tissue
    to xylem

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