What is the rate of upward movement of water in flowering plant during daytime?
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Water Uptake By Roots
A. Carried out by root hairs located at the zone of differentiation.
B. Many root hairs increase the surface area available for water absorption.
C. Fugal hyphae attached to roots also absorb water and pass it on to roots.
D. The process of water intake at the roots is called osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of a substance through a membrane. Water moves because the overall water potential (amount of water) in the soil is higher than the water potential in the roots and plant parts. Water continues to diffuse from the inside of the root hairs, through the ground tissue and into the xylem of the root. The water can then travel up through the xylem of the root and stem, into the petiole, and into the leaves of the plant.