Question

Select the features of xylem and phloem​

Answer 1

Answer:

Xylem Phloem

Other features Xylem often constitutes the bulk of the plant body. Phloem forms a small part of the plant body.

In xylem, the conducting cells or tracheary cells are dead. In phloem, the conducting cells are living.

Answer 2

Answer:

The most distinctive xylem cells are the long tracheary elements that transport water. Tracheids and vessel elements are distinguished by their shape; vessel elements are shorter, and are connected together into long tubes that are called vessels. Xylem also contains two other cell types: parenchyma and fibers.

Three characteristic features of phloem are : 1) The phloem is the plant's food transportation system. 2) The phloem is made up of living tissue. 4) Phloem is composed of several cell types including sclerenchyma, parenchyma, sieve elements and companion cells.