1.
(a) The plant will not be able to carry out photosynthesis in the absence of leaves that contain chlorophyll to trap sunlight.
(b) The plant is unable to absorb water and mineral salts from the soil and the plant will not be held firmly to the ground.
(c) The plant is unable to stand upright and different parts of the plant cannot be connected. Without the stem, there will also be no phloem tubes to carry food from the leaves to other plant parts and no xylem tubes to carry water and mineral salts from the roots to other plant parts.
(d) Food cannot be stored in the fruits and seeds are not protected.
(e) The plant is unable to produce a young plant from seeds.
(f) The plant cannot bear fruits as there are no flowers to develop into fruits.
2.
(I) (A) phloem tubes
(B) xylem tubes
(ii) A transport good from the leaves to other plant parts.
B transport water and mineral salts from the roots to other plant parts.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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