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1 Translocation

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3 Transports water in the xylem Transports food and minerals in the phloem

4 http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/BOT41 0/Xylem/Xylem-1.htm

5 Phloem Cells Xylem Cells http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/BOT41 0/Xylem/Xylem-1.htm

6 http://www2.cdepot.net/~walser/worldofscience/Biology/Pictorial%20Help/Botany/diagram_layers_conif.htm

7 Translocation Source is the location where food is produced (photosynthesizing leaves or storage tissue) Sink is the location where all plant parts are unable to meet their own nutritional needs (roots and stems)

8 http://www.bit.net.au/~peterrjo/plants.html Source Sink

9 Water Potential and Osmosis Osmosis is the diffusion of water across membrane. Water potential is the potential energy of water

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