Transport

in Plants
What do you know about transport in
plants?
What substances does the plant need for
photosynthesis?
How does it get to the leaves?
How do materials get to the storage
organs from the points of manufacture?
How does plant food/fertilizer get into the
plant and move through the plant?
Materials transported in Plants
Water and Minerals
◦ Transported from roots to the living cells
throughout the plant.
◦ Needed especially by cells which are
metabolically active such as
 Growing points
 Developing flowers and fruits
 Cells carrying out photosynthesis
◦ Most of the water leaves the plant in
TRANSPIRATION as part of its transport
mechanism
Materials transported in Plants
Manufactured materials
◦ e.g. sucrose, amino acids (produced after
photosynthesis) are transported in soluble
form
◦ They are moved from points of production or
storage to other areas of the plant which need
them
 For e.g. growing points
Materials transported in Plants
Waste materials
◦ These materials are moved from where they
are produced to old leaves, stems and bark
which will eventually fall off.
◦ Some waste material are transported to storage
areas
Materials transported in Plants
Plant growth substances
◦ Growth substances like auxins are transported
by diffusion from growing points where they
are made to the areas behind the tips where
they regulate the elongation of cells.
What have you learned?
Construct a table summarizing what you
have learned.