Combined Science GCSE
Phloem
What Phloem means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Carries dissolved sugars, mainly sucrose, from the leaves to other parts of the plant for use or storage, and is made of living cells, including sieve tubes and companion cells.
Tissue that transports dissolved sugars away.
Topics that use Phloem
- Plant tissues (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Air spaces
- Chloroplasts
- Epidermal tissue
- Gas exchange and diffusion
- Guard cells
- Meristem tissue
- Palisade mesophyll
- Specialised plant cells
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