Question

Manpreet did had put a cut
stem in the red coloured water
to see how the water is
absorbed. She could see
patches of red colour on the
leaves after one day. What did
Manpreet learn from this
experiment? *
O
a) Water is absorbed by stem and
travels from the stem to the leaves.
O
b) Only coloured water can travel
from the stem to the leaves.
c) Water is absorbed by the roots
O but travels through the stem to the
leaves.
O
d) Water is both absorbed and
conducted through the roots.​

Answer 1

Answer:

This experiment is done to check the movement of water in stem in which ink is mixed with water and the stem is left in the mixture and after an hour we observe the stem and it shows that the ink is present inside the stem shows that the stem conducted the water and the ink, as well as the colored ink patches, are observing it proves that  the xylem and its elements help stem to conduct the water.

So the correct option is 'The conduction of water and ink by the stem