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How does water and nutrients travel up a plant's stem going against the force of gravity and grow themselves for many feet?
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∙ 9y ago
It happens through capillary action, which is an effect connected to surface tension in water.
If you look at the water in a glass drinking-cup you will see that the water curls up at the edges to form a meniscus. That is caused by surface tension. In a narrow tube the effect is more marked, and in a very narrow tube - a capillary - the water is driven up continuously. That is how plant life is possible, and of course it led on to animal life and eventually to human life.
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Do plants grow toward nutrients or towards gravity?
towards nutrients
What does cellulose provide for plants?
Support against gravity.
What indicates plants response to gravity?
Geotropism, the tendency of some plants to grow straight up, against the force of gravity.
Do plants undergo photosynthesis?
Yes, all plants (except carnivourus plants) use photosynthesis to create nutrients for themselves.
How do water and nutrients move through vascular plants?
By xylem and phloem and by gravity it goes upward
Why the food the plants make is important not only to the plants themselves but to other organisms to?
The reason why the food that plants make is important not only to the plant themselves, but to other organisms, is because the nutrients that the plant makes from photosynthesis not only helps the plant but other organisms that feed off of the plant and the plant's nutrients.
Why do plants cells have cell walls that animal cells do not have?
Because plants lack the musculoskeletal system that animals have to hold themselves up off the ground, they have developed a cell wall outside of their cell membranes which gives them strength and allows them to grow upward against the pull of gravity.
Do plants grow better upside down?
No. Plants are designed for the roots to grow in the direction of gravity and the leaves to grow against gravity. A plant grown upside down will adapt by curving its stem upwards again.
What types of plants rely on meat for survival?
Technically, none. The carnivorous plants still use photosynthesis to feed themselves but eat "meat" to gain extra nutrients.
How plants get nutrients?
Plants get nutrients from the soil they are in. The nutrients dissolve in the water and are then absorbed from the plant's roots. Plants make food with photosynthesis.
Why these carnivorous plants feed on insect though they can make their own food?
Well carnivorous plants usually grow in deserts and the soil there lack nutrients so they can hardly make food.So in order to have a substitute for these lacked nutrients they feed themselves on insects.
Where do plants get their strength or support?
The Tracheids and Phloem which transport the water and nutrients up the plant (Fighting gravity)
