1. In the back of your books, write numbers 1 to 8
True or False?
In the back of your books, write numbers 1 to 8
By the side of each number, write a T or F to indicate if the statement true or false

2. Transport in plants Lesson Objectives
C/W
Date:…………………….
Transport in plants
Success Criteria
Lesson Objectives
To describe the role of the xylem and phloem in the plant.
To explain the process of transpiration..
Define the terms:
Xylem
Phloem
Complete celery practical.
Define the term transpiration and complete transpiration practical.

3. - Transports water from the root to the leaves
Vein:
Xylem
- Transports water from the root to the leaves
Phloem
Transports glucose in the plant
Mesophyll Layer

4. Roots
The root and stem of the plant lead to the veins inside the leaf.
The veins contain: xylem – water
phloem - glucose

5. Plants have a tube network to move substances:
The root and stem of the plant lead to the veins inside the leaf.
The veins contain:
- xylem = water + minerals from the root to the rest of the plant (e.g. leaves)
- Phloem = transports sugars from the leaves (where they are made) to growing and storage tissues.

6. - Transports water from the root to the leaves
Vein:
Xylem
- Transports water from the root to the leaves
Phloem
Transports glucose in the plant
Mesophyll Layer

7. Transport of water in plants!!

8. Transport of water in plants!!
Collect tile and hand lens
Cut off 1 cm from the end.
Using a hand lens look inside the celery.
Draw a diagram of the inside of the celery. Colour the parts where you can see the dye.
The dye water is carried in tiny tubes called xylem.
See worksheet ‘Water transport in celery’

9. Transport of water in plants!!
Celery Experiment!!
Water is absorbed from the soil into the roots of a plant.
Water travels through long, thin
tubes running up from the roots through the
stems and leaves called xylem.
Water moves up the xylem through a process called capillary action.
When plants have more water in their leaves than
they need, they get rid of this extra water through a
process called transpiration.
During transpiration, water evaporates from holes
in the surfaces of leaves into the air.

10. Transport in plants! Lens Root Water 1cm Growing Veins Minerals Sugars
Glucose

11. The dye water is carried in tiny tubes called xylem.
Transport in plants
The …………… and stem of the plant lead to the …………. inside the leaf.
The veins contain: xylem – ……………
phloem - ………………..
Xylem
Water and ………………….. from the root to the rest of the plant (e.g. leaves)
Phloem
Transports ……………. from the leaves (where they are made) to …………….. and storage tissues.
Celery Experiment
Collect tile and hand lens
Cut off ………….from the end.
Using a hand ………… look inside the celery.
Draw a diagram of the inside of the celery.
Colour the parts where you can see the dye.
The dye water is carried in tiny tubes called xylem.
Celery Diagram

12. What is transpiration??

13. What is transpiration?
Transpiration is caused by the evaporation and diffusion of water from inside the leaves.
This creates a shortage of water in the leaf, so more water is drawn up through the xylem vessels to replace it.
This means more water is being drawn up from the roots, causing a constant transpiration stream of water through the plant.

14. What is transpiration?
Transpiration is a side effect of the way leaves are adapted for photosynthesis.
- Stomata: gas exchange
- As there is more water inside the plant than in the air outside, the water escapes from the leaves through the stomata.
Transpiration stream does provide a constant supply of water for photosynthesis.

15. Experiment Time! Read the worksheet What is the investigation?
What equipment do we need?
How are we going to do it?
Prediction

16. Results Table Leaf with no Vaseline (g)
Leaf with Vaseline on the bottom (g)
Leaf with Vaseline on the Top (g)

17. Experiment Time! Calculate the difference between the 2 days.
Which leaf lost the most mass and which leaf lost the least?
Answer the questions on the worksheet.
Extension: 9Cb/4 ‘Transpiration’. Answer the questions.

18. Why do plants need water?
Water is needed by plants for photosynthesis but this important liquid is also used in many other ways:
to provide dissolved minerals that keep the plants healthy;
to transport substances around the plant;
to keep the plant rigid and upright;
to keep the plant cool;
to allow other chemical reactions to occur in plant cells.
What happens to a plant if it does not get enough water?

19. Anagrams

20. HOT SEAT! Volunteer needed.
You can only ask questions with a Yes or No answer.
Am I furry? Am I large?

21. Chloroplasts

22. stomata

23. Limiting Factors

24. Sunlight

25. Carbon dioxide

26. Temperature

27. Glucose

28. Leaf

29. Multiple choice quiz Teacher notes
This multiple–choice quiz could be used as a plenary activity to assess students’ understanding of photosynthesis. The question can be skipped through without answering by clicking “next”. Students could be asked to complete the questions in their book and the activity could be concluded by the completion on the IWB.

30. Multiple-choice quiz