Question

You conduct an experiment to learn more about how water moves within the plant body. you take a common houseplant and cut the stem off about one inch above the soil surface. water begins collecting at the cut--in the stem stump--as if some force is pushing the water up through the roots and remaining stem. how could you best explain this observation?

Answer 1

Minerals, unable to move up to the leaves, are accumulating in the root, which causes water to rush in due to osmosis.

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