xylem

Water can enter the root by seeping into the cell walls of root hair cells and move through these cell walls to the __________.

Centre of the root.

The pathway where water can travel in the spaces between the cells is known as the __________ pathway.

Apoplast.

The gaps in the cell walls of cortex cells that allow cell cytoplasm to connect are called __________.

Plasmodesmata.

Water movement from cell to cell by osmosis is known as the __________ pathway.

Symplast.

When water reaches the layer of cells called the __________, it encounters the Casparian strip.

Endodermis.

The __________ strip prevents water from using the apoplast pathway at the endodermis.

Casparian.

The pericycle pumps ions into the xylem, creating a lower water potential, which causes water to enter the xylem by __________.

Osmosis.