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Question
Match the following.
| 1. Symplastic pathway | (a) Leaf |
| 2. Transpiration | (b) Plasmodesmata |
| 3. Osmosis | (c) Pressure in xylem |
| 4. Root Pressure | (d) Pressure gradient |
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Solution
| 1. Symplastic pathway | (b) Plasmodesmata |
| 2. Transpiration | (a) Leaf |
| 3. Osmosis | (d) Pressure gradient |
| 4. Root Pressure | (b) Pressure in xylem |
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