Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Transport mechanisms

Transport mechanisms — practice question

Fig. 4.1 shows a diagram of a cross-section through part of a young root.
(a)[4]

Describe the routes by which water moves from the soil to the cortex cells shown in Fig. 4.1.

(b)[1]

The cytoplasm of cell X contains a greater density of mitochondria than the cytoplasm of a cortex cell. Suggest why this is so.

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