Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Translocation

Translocation — practice question

Plants make glucose in their leaves and change some of it into sucrose.
(a(i))[3]

Explain how glucose is made in leaves.

(a(ii))[1]

State the name of the process that plants use to transfer sucrose from a source to a sink.

(a(iii))[2]

Explain why sometimes roots act as a source rather than a sink.

(b(i))[2]

State the name of the tissue shown by tube Q and the name of the tissue shown by tube S in Fig. 2.2.

(b(ii))[4]

Explain why the sucrose solution moves along tube Q in the model in Fig. 2.2.

(c)[1]

Suggest why the movement of sucrose in tube Q stopped.

(d)[1]

State the name of the mineral ion that is used to make amino acids.

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