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Diffusion in a plant

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Diffusion is the process by which molecules travel passively down the concentration gradient to create an equilibrium.

However, the process of diffusion is not the only form of transport in a plant; nutrients are also extracted from the soil by a process known as active transport. This is not diffusion as the molecules are travelling up the concentration gradient and henceforth need energy, as the molecules are travelling from a low to a high concentration.

Diffusion envolopes over the process of osmosis which is diffusion srictly with water alone. In plants, osmosis allows water to be transported around the body.

In leaves (and green parts of the plant), diffusion is key to photosynthesis, as CO2 must enter the plant and reach the chlorophyll. The CO2 enters through stomata (small pores) and diffuses through the leaves to the chlorophyll. Then oxygen (a byproduct of photosynthesis), leaves the plant by the same process, diffusing through the plant and exitig through the stomata.

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the exchange of gases for example carbon intake and oxygen output for photosynthesis and oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output for respiration takes place by diffusion.

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what is the importance of diffusion to the growth of the plant?

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it is important inorder for the exchange of gases to occur

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Diffusion is important to plants because it allows the uptake of useful molecules

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