Uptake & Transport of Water and Ions (Cambridge O Level Biology)

Complete the sentences.

Choose the answers from the box below.

Water moves into the cytoplasm of root hair cells by the process of __________ .

Mineral ions move into the cytoplasm of root hair cells by the process of __________ .

evaporation         diffusion          active transport          osmosis          translocation           transpiration

Root hair cells possess long hair-like projections.

Explain why this is a beneficial adaptation for absorbing water and mineral ions.

The following statements are the structures that water passes through on its way through a plant.

• leaf mesophyll cell
• root cortex cell
• root hair cell
• xylem

Place the structures in the correct order in which water passes through them.