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Question 69

What name is given to the movement of dissolved sugars through the phloem?

  1. Transpiration
  2. TranslocationCorrect answer
  3. Respiration
  4. Germination

Explanation

Translocation is the name for moving a manufactured substance from the place that produces it to the place that consumes it, and the term belongs to the sugar-carrying tissue alone. The similar-sounding term for water loss describes vapour escaping from a leaf surface rather than sugar being delivered, so matching the sounds instead of the meanings lands on the wrong tissue.

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