Part 1 – The Bigger Picture. Plants at Work! 1. Picture an i…

Part 1 – The Bigger Picture. Plants at Work! 1. Picture an iron (Fe2+) cation in a xylem vessel in the root of a rhododendron plant. It is transported from the root to the leaf, through the xylem. To get from xylem vessel element in root to xylem vessel element in leaf, did this mineral travel along the apoplastic or symplastic pathway? Explain your reasoning. (3-4 sentence limit) 

Arrange the following five events in an order that explains…

Arrange the following five events in an order that explains the mass flow of materials in the phloem. 1. Water diffuses into the sieve tubes.2. Leaf cells produce sugar by photosynthesis.3. Solutes are actively transported into sieve tubes.4. Sugar is transported from cell to cell in the leaf.5. Sugar moves down the stem.