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Topic plan · IGCSE Biology 0610 · Topic 8

Transport in plants

Xylem and phloem, water uptake, transpiration and translocation.

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Unit at a glance

4 lessons, 180 minutes of teaching

Lessons
4, each planned for 45 minutes
Worksheets
4 with answer keys
Quiz questions
32 multiple-choice, assignable in the app
Lab
Plant transport lab
Scheme of work

The lessons in order

RefLesson packStructureWorksheetQuizLab tab
8.1Xylem and phloem
A flowering plant has two separate transport tissues.		Think-Pair-Share6 Q, 16 marks8 MCQtab 1
8.2Water uptake
Every drop of water a plant uses enters through its roots.		Mix-Pair-Share6 Q, 17 marks8 MCQtab 2, tab 3
8.3Transpiration
A sunflower can lose more than a litre of water on a hot day, almost all of it as water vapour from its leaves.		Jigsaw6 Q, 22 marks8 MCQtab 4, tab 5, tab 6
8.4Translocation
The sugar a leaf makes is no use to a root tip or a ripening fruit unless it gets there.		Corners6 Q, 20 marks8 MCQtab 7

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