Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Movement into and out of cells

Movement into and out of cells — practice question

What changes happen to the water potential and the volume of liquid in the phloem sieve tube element when sucrose is transported from the phloem sieve tube element to an actively dividing shoot tip?

  • Awater potential: higher; volume of liquid: decreases
  • Bwater potential: higher; volume of liquid: increases
  • Cwater potential: lower; volume of liquid: decreases
  • Dwater potential: lower; volume of liquid: increases

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