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             (a) Transport of food in plants require living tissues and energy. Justify this statement. (b) Name the components of food that are transported by the living tissues.

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                  (a) Food is transported by sieve tubes at the expense of ATE Due to increase in osmotic pressure water enters into the tissues. Due to this pressure material moves from phloem to tissue.                                                                  (2) (b) Components of food that are transported by the living tissue (i) Photosynthetic products or sucrose (ii) Amino acids                                                   (1)