6: Roots and the Movement of Water - How is water moved through a plant?

Learning Objectives

Content Objectives

• Understand what influences the weird behavior of water, particularly tonicity, adhesion, and cohesion
• Learn how transpiration drives the movement of water through a plant and which environmental factors influence transpiration rates

Skill Objectives

• Predict the movement of water in different situations and explain why it moved the way it did
• Draw and describe the flow of water as it moves through a plant from the soil environment to the atmosphere