Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Transport mechanisms

Transport mechanisms — practice question

Fig. 2.1 is a drawing based on an electron micrograph showing two neighbouring cells in a leaf.
(a)[3]

Structures A and B can both be seen with a light microscope, but the internal detail of the organelles in Fig. 2.1 is visible only with an electron microscope. Explain why the internal details of structures A and B are visible only when an electron microscope is used and not with a light microscope.

(b)[3]

Give the full names of the structures labelled C, D and E.

(c)[1]

State one role of vacuoles in plant cells.

(d)[4]

Structures F and G differ greatly in their permeability. Explain how the make-up of structures F and G determines their permeability.

(e)[3]

Fig. 2.1 shows two plasmodesmata linking the adjacent cells. Describe the roles of plasmodesmata in transport in plants.

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