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Description
Mind Map by thanh tran, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by thanh tran
about 11 years ago
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Specialised Plant Cells
- Palisade Mesophyll Cells
- Characteristics
- Found in upper part of the leaf
- Column like cells
packed with many
chloroplasts
- Found in upper part of the leaf
- Function
- Traps sunlight
- Traps sunlight
- Characteristics
- Root Hair Cell
- Characteristics
- Long extension protruding out into the soil
- Found in the
young root
- Long extension protruding out into the soil
- Function
- Increases surface area so that it can absorb max. water and minerals
- Increases surface area so that it can absorb max. water and minerals
- Characteristics
- Xylem
- Characteristics
- Found in the stem, leaves and roots
- Hardened cell wall
- Hollow with no
living contents
- Found in the stem, leaves and roots
- Function
- Transports water and mineral ions
- Hardened cell wall gives
strength supporting the plant
- Transports water and mineral ions
- Characteristics
- Phloem
- Characteristics
- End walls of cells perforated (pierced; make small holes in)
- Found in the stems,
leaves and roots
- Largely hollow inside
with small living cells
beside them
- End walls of cells perforated (pierced; make small holes in)
- Function
- Allows sugars to move through the plant and
the living cells provide energy for the
transport
- Allows sugars to move through the plant and
the living cells provide energy for the
transport
- Characteristics
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