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🎓 IGCSE Biology - The Complete Course: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12989155 IGCSE Chemistry - The Complete Course: 🎓 Complete Teaching Resource (including past exam questions and mark schemes organised by chapter): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13280954 🎓 Student resource (PDF only): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13245244 🎓 All the videos (the complete library on Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/igbiocomplete ☕️ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ArthurJohnParker Cambridge IGCSE Biology (0610/0970) Chapter 8 - Transport in plants Topic 8.1 - Xylem and phloem For exams from 2025 (core and extended) As always this video follows the Cambridge syllabus exactly and contains absolutely everything you need to know for your final exam! My other channels: @igpecomplete - Cambridge IGCSE PE @ocrpecomplete - OCR GCSE PE Timestamps: 0:00 Contents 0:26 Functions of xylem and phloem 1:12 Roots 1:38 Stems 1:53 Leaves 2:19 Structure and function of xylem (extended) Core content: - State the functions of xylem and phloem: (a) Xylem – transport of water and mineral ions, and support. (b) Phloem – transport of sucrose and amino acids. - Identify in diagrams and images the position of xylem and phloem as seen in sections of roots, stems and leaves of non-woody dicotyledonous plants. Extended content: - Relate the structure of xylem vessels to their function, limited to: (a) Thick walls with lignin (details of lignification are not required). (b) No cell contents. (c) Cells joined end to end with no cross walls to form a long continuous tube.
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