When solutes are unloaded from phloem, what happens to water?
a. It is pumped out of the phloem by active transport.
b. It is pumped into the phloem by active transport.
c. It leaves the xylem by osmosis.
d. It leaves the phloem by osmosis.
Ans: d. It leaves the phloem by osmosis.
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