AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Specification 4.2.3.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Plant transport structures and processesTranslocation is the movement of dissolved sugars through phloem tissue to other parts of the plant.
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GCSE Combined Science · key term
The movement of dissolved sugars through phloem tissue to parts of a plant where they are used or stored.
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Specification 4.2.3.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Plant transport structures and processesTranslocation is the movement of dissolved sugars through phloem tissue to other parts of the plant.
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The transport of sucrose around a plant through phloem.
Revise: Transport and Water Uptake in PlantsSugar is transported around the plant mainly as sucrose, through phloem. This movement is called translocation.
Distinguish transpiration, the loss of water vapour, from translocation, the transport of sucrose in phloem.
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