32Plant Structure TransportHard1 mark
The diagram shows a model that can be used to demonstrate mass flow in phloem. Tube T represents the phloem.
Water moves in or out of X and Y either as a result of osmosis or as a result of hydrostatic pressure. Sucrose solution then moves through tube T that joins X and Y.
Which description is correct?
| water potential in X compared with Y | direction of movement of sucrose solution in tube T | |
|---|---|---|
| A | less negative | from X to Y |
| B | less negative | from Y to X |
| C | more negative | from X to Y |
| D | more negative | from Y to X |