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Describe the movement of water and solutes in plants
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Describe the movement of water and solutes in plants During the process of osmosis, water molecules move from an area that is hypotonic to an area that is hypertonic. A hypotonic area is one in which has less solute and a hypertonic area is one which has more solute. Plant cells, such as the ones in the epidermis and cortex regions of the roots of the plant, all have living contents, which are enclosed by a cell surface membrane and a thick, quite inelastic cellulose cell wall. The cell wall has special properties, which help the cells resist during the osmotic uptake of water. If a plant cell is placed in distilled water, it won't swell up and burst like for example, a red blood cell,...
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