Plants Can Generate the Pressures Needed to Transport Sugars Produced

question 76

Multiple Choice

Plants can generate the pressures needed to transport sugars produced by photosynthesis great distances by

• A) manipulating the concentration of amino acids in phloem.
• B) active transport of water.
• C) actively transporting sugars into phloem and cells.
• D) building up high water pressures in root hairs.

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