Water and Minerals Tend to Enter Plants from the Soil

Multiple Choice

Water and minerals tend to enter plants from the soil via the apoplastic pathway. This means that they

A) move through epidermal cells.
B) bypass the Casparian strip.
C) diffuse through the endodermis.
D) actively taken up by the cells of the Casparian strip.
E) move through walls and spaces between cells of the epidermis and cortex.