Plants must:
1. Take in water, mineral salts, and carbon dioxide.
2. Eliminate waste water and oxygen.
3. Distribute food within the plant after it is made in the leaves.
The following will discuss how the plant does these things.
1. 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.
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