B) If you have a mesophyll cell in a leaf (a living, parenchyma cell in a leaf) with a slight positive turgor pressure (Yp = 0.01 MPa) and solutes (Ys: -3.0 MPa), and it is next to a xylem vessel element with very few solutes in the xylem sap (4s = -0.01 MPa) but high physical tension (4p = - 2.0 MPa), which way will water flow? a) from the mesophyll cell into the vessel element b) from the vessel element into the mesophyll cell c) neither direction. They are at equilibrium. Acti

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B) If you have a mesophyll cell in a leaf (a living, parenchyma cell in a leaf) with a slight positive
turgor pressure (Yp = 0.01 MPa) and solutes (Ys = -3.0 MPa), and it is next to a xylem vessel
element with very few solutes in the xylem sap (Ys = -0.01 MPa) but high physical tension (Yp
= - 2.0 MPa), which way will water flow?
a) from the mesophyll cell into the vessel element
b) from the vessel element into the mesophyll cell
c) neither direction. They are at equilibrium.
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Transcribed Image Text:B) If you have a mesophyll cell in a leaf (a living, parenchyma cell in a leaf) with a slight positive turgor pressure (Yp = 0.01 MPa) and solutes (Ys = -3.0 MPa), and it is next to a xylem vessel element with very few solutes in the xylem sap (Ys = -0.01 MPa) but high physical tension (Yp = - 2.0 MPa), which way will water flow? a) from the mesophyll cell into the vessel element b) from the vessel element into the mesophyll cell c) neither direction. They are at equilibrium. Activa GoroSe
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