BiologyCode 5090
Uptake and transport of water and ions
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Relate how root hair cells are built to their function in the uptake of water and ions
- Outline the route water follows as it passes from root to stem to leaf, limited to: root hair cells, root cortex cells, xylem and mesophyll cells
- Investigate, by means of a suitable stain, the route water follows in a severed stem