Describe the steps required for a plant to take up minerals from the environment.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary slightly but should include the following steps:
1. The root cells will initially take up the minerals.
2. Once in the root cells the minerals will move into the xylem of the vascular tissue.
3. The upwards movement of water will carry the minerals towards the leaves.
4. Along the way the minerals can leave the xylem and enter the various tissues that require them.
5. Some will eventually reach the leaf cells.
In order to pass from the xylem to the various cells the minerals are required to cross a selectively permeable plasma membrane.
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