Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Transport mechanisms

Transport mechanisms — practice question

Phloem sap, which contains sucrose, is moved through phloem sieve tubes from the source to the sink.
(a)

A student performed an investigation into osmosis using Visking tubing. A sucrose solution, intended to model phloem sap at the source, was placed in Visking tubing tied at one end so that the tubing was about $75\%$ full. The remaining steps are shown in Fig. 2.1. After $20$ minutes, the tubing was taken out, dried and weighed again.

(a(i))[1]

Complete Fig. 2.1 so that it shows how the Visking tubing looks inside the test-tube after $20$ minutes.

(a(ii))[3]

State, with reasons, whether the mass of the Visking tubing holding the sucrose solution would alter after 20 minutes.

(b)[3]

Explain how osmosis takes part in the mass flow of phloem sap.

(c)[2]

The diagram shows two amino acids. Describe how a peptide bond forms between these two amino acids.

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