how water and minerals are transported to the leaves of a plant to be used in food making by photosynthesis
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Plants absorb water and minerals by the roots. The roots have root hair.The root hair increase the surface area of the root for the absorption of water and mineral nutrients dissolved in water. The root hair is in contact with the water present between the soil particles.Can you guess how water moves from the root to the leaves? What kind of transport system is present in plants?Plants have pipe-like vessels to transport water and nutrients from the soil. The vessels are made of special cells, forming the vascular tissue. A tissue is a group of cells that perform specialised function in an organism. The vascular tissue for the transport of water and nutrients in the plant is called the xylem.
The xylem forms a continuous network of channels that connects roots to the leaves through the stem and branches and thus transports water to the entire plant .
You know that leaves synthesise food. The food has to be transported to all parts of the plant. This is done by the vascular tissue called the phloem. Thus, xylem and phloem transport substances in plants.