Chapter 3

Transportation

Transport in humans (blood and the heart) and in plants (xylem and phloem) — with an interactive exercise.

Transport systems move substances around a living thing.

In humans, the heart pumps blood through vessels: arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins return it. In plants, the xylem carries water up and the phloem carries food.

Remember

  • Arteries away from the heart; veins back to it.
  • Xylem = water; phloem = food.

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