answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Water and dissolved minerals travel to the leaves of a plant, where the water is combined with carbon (from carbon dioxide) to form carbohydrates, as well as more complex chemicals and enzymes.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: In plant metabolism what travels to leaves?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the process of which water exits the leaves of a plant?

it travels from the stem


Why doesn't the food made by the green parts of the leaf travel to non-green part of the plant?

The food made in the leaves travels to the stem and does reach other parts of the plant.


Where does water enter the plant?

Water enters a plant through it's roots and stem. After it enters the roots and stem, it travels through the plants "veins."


Where do plants get the water they need for the process of photosynthesis?

They use rainwater which travels up the stem to the leaves to give them nutrients and help the plant grow.


How does water and mineral salt get from the roots of plant to its stem?

water and dissolved mineral salts enter the root hairs from the soil.then the water travels up through xylem vessels in the roots,stem,leaves


What moves food from the plants leaves to its other parts?

Tiny tube-like veins called phloem transport material inside a plant. For example, water from the roots travels up these tubes to reach the leaves, and the energy from photosynthesis travels down the tubes to reach the roots.


What are the role of minerals in the metabolism and development of plants?

Minerals help make up the plant's main body (the stem and roots/leaves) and helps the plant form its food, glucose. Minerals can help the plant absorb sunlight and retain water.


What are the tubes called that carry water to the leaf in a plant?

The Phloem tissue carries the products of photosynthesis from the leaves to the rest of the plant


Through what process does the water enter the stems of the plant?

good question. it travels through its roots and all around to the leaves. like our body with oxygen


The process by which alcohol leaves the body?

Alcohol leaves the body through metabolism, respiration, urination, and perspiration.


After light energy travels to chloroplast in plant cells?

After light energy travels to chloroplast in plant cells?


How does the water needed to carry out out photosynthesis gets to leaves?

through the vascular bundles