AP Biology (Mader), 11th Edition

Chapter 25: Flowering Plants: Nutrition and Transport

Learning Outcomes

25.1 Plant Nutrition and Soil

1. Identify the macronutrients and micronutrients that are required by plants.
2. List the ions that are absorbed or leached away by a root system.
3. Explain a simplified soil profile.

25.2 Water and Mineral Uptake

1. Choose the correct order of mineral uptake across the plasma membrane within a plant cell wall.
2. Describe the mutualistic relationships that assist plants in acquiring nutrients from the soil.

25.3 Transport Mechanisms in Plants

1. Describe the structure and function of xylem and phloem.
2. Identify the properties of water that influence water transportation with flowering plants.
3. Explain how environmental factors influence the opening and closing of stomata.