Breifly describe the cohesion-tension theory in plants?

  1. Water evaporates from the cells and leaves the plant once the stomata open,

  2. This creates a suction which pulls more water into the leaf

  3. As water is cohesive due to hydrogen bonds, when one molecule moves other tend to follow, the whole column of the xylem moves upwards

  4. Water enters through the roots

BQ

Related Biology A Level answers

All answers ▸

If the concentration of testosterone in a man’s blood starts to rise above normal, this system leads to a reduction in testosterone. How does this occur?


how might a competitive inhibitor prevent the enzyme trypsin from working


What is neurotransmission and how does a chemical synapses work?


How does the DNA molecule affect the function and structure of an organism?