Transport System (Xylem and Phloem) Lab Exercise

Name ___________
 
(74 Points)

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IA.  Below are my labeled images tracking the transpiration of dyed water through __________.  On the same images I have indicated potential pathways for photosynthate.  (1 Point)
 
TIME IMAGE
12 Hours  (6 Points) (6 Points)
24 Hours  (6 Points) (6 Points)
48 Hours  (6 Points) (6 Points)

IB.  From my study of the Pelargonium stems have determined that secondary xylem differentiation begins around the______ plastochron and secondary phloem differentiation begins around the ________ plastochron of stem development.  Below are my best images illustrating these major events in secondary growth. (2 Points)
 
 
Timing of the major events in secondary growth Image
Secondary Xylem Differentiation occurred in ______ internode  (6 Points)
Secondary Phloem Differentiation occurred on ______ internode  (6 Points)

IC.  From my observations on the Populus dye experiment  I now understand that water coming from the roots and entering a particular leaf does not directly flow through all the secondary xylem in the current years annual growth ring.  Rather the pathway that this water takes is best describe as ______________.  I think that the reason behind this transpiration pathway pattern relates to _____________.  I think that photosynthate (will/will not) follow this same general pathway because _______. (4 Points)

ID.  Below are my best images of a cleared leaf and petiole section from ________.  As water flows through the xylem of the petiole into successively smaller veins in the leaf, the rate of flow __________.  The driving force for transpiration flow comes from __________.  The sugar synthesized during photosynthesis enters the sieve tube elements through ______.   The flow rate of photosynthate translocation _________ as it passes through the successively larger veins of the leaf and into the veins of the petiole.  Ultimately the veins of the petiole allow the photosynthate to be translocated to _________.  The driving force for phloem translocation is _________.  (7 Points)
 
 
Cleared Leaf  (6 Points)
Petiole Section  (6 Points)