In the past few weeks, we studied the Leaf and the Stem. We will now see how these structures are used so as to move water and food through the plant. The slides attached cover the movement of water and of food through the plant. We will study the movement of water this week, and of food next week. So these notes will be repeated in next week's slides.

As mentioned, this week we will focus on the movement of water. The xylem is like a straw, made out of dead hollow cells, and Nature has provided a number of different forces to pull the water from the soil, through the plant, and out into the air through little holes in the leaf. Understand the practicals described at the end of this section.

If you have time, start answering the questions relating to water movement. The answers are attached here. Do the questions properly, and then mark them properly.