<span>Plants
must: </span>
<span>1. Take in water, mineral salts, and carbon dioxide. </span>
<span>2. Eliminate waste water and oxygen. </span>
<span>3. Distribute food within the plant after it is made in the
leaves.</span>
The following will discuss how the plant does these
things.
<span>1. Water Uptake By Roots:</span>
<span> A. Carried
out by root hairs located at the zone of differentiation.</span>
<span>B. Many root hairs increase the surface
area available for water absorption.</span>
<span> C. </span><span>Fugal hyphae attached to roots also absorb
water and pass it on to roots.</span>
<span> 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.
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<span>hope it helps you!
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