Which one of the following is responsible for transporting the products of photosynthesis from the leaves to the other parts of the plants?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Phloem
Plants have two conducting tissues. Phloem carries the food made in the leaves (sugars and other products of photosynthesis) to the other parts of the plant; this movement is called translocation and it can go upward or downward, wherever the food is needed.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (2) Xylem — Incorrect. It carries water and minerals from the roots up to the leaves.
Option (3) Stomata — Incorrect. They are tiny pores on the leaf surface for exchange of gases and loss of water vapour.
Option (4) Chloroplast — Incorrect. It is the green body inside leaf cells where photosynthesis takes place; it makes the food but does not carry it.