Question

differentiate between xylem and phloem​

Answer 1

Answer:

Xylem transports only minerals and waters from the roots. Phloem transports food materials that are prepared by the green parts of the plants to other parts of the plant. ... Xylem is the dead tissues at maturity, but no cell contents. Phloem is the living tissue, but not with the nucleus.

Answer 2

Explanation:

$\small\underline{\overline{\mid{\bold{\blue{xylem}}\mid}}}....$

Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, phloem being the other. The basic function of xylem is to transport water from roots to stems and leaves, but it also transports nutrients.

$\small\underline{\overline{\mid{\bold{\blue{pholem}}\mid}}}....$

Phloem is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to parts of the plant where needed. This transport process is called translocation.