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Two different types of tissue: the xylem carries water and the phloem carries nutrients.

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What vascular tissue carries food from the leaves to the roots?

The phloem carries the food down from the leaves. Not to be confused with xylem, which carries water up to the leaves.


What carries water and dissolved nutrients from the roots to the leaves?

Xylem carries water and mineral nutrient ions from the roots up into the tree. Phloem carries sucrose, the "food" made as a result of photosynthesis, throughout the plant.


What part of plant carries food water and nutrients to and from the roots?

The vascular system of a plant, composed of xylem and phloem tissues, carries water and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the plant and transports food produced during photosynthesis from the leaves to other parts of the plant. The xylem primarily transports water and minerals upward, while the phloem primarily transports sugars and other nutrients in multiple directions throughout the plant.


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

The tubes that carry water from the roots to the leaves in a plant are called xylem. These tubes are part of the plant's vascular system and are responsible for transporting water and nutrients throughout the plant.


What carrys water from the roots to the leaves?

What carries the water and minerals from root to the leaf are known as something called vascular bundles. These consist of 2 which are the xylem and the phloem. Both of these transport either food up then leaf (phloem) and the xylem carries the water up the stem. Cheers


What carry water from the roots to the leaves?

What carries the water and minerals from root to the leaf are known as something called vascular bundles. These consist of 2 which are the xylem and the phloem. Both of these transport either food up then leaf (phloem) and the xylem carries the water up the stem. Cheers


What carry's food and water to the cells?

Cytoplasm carries food and water to the cells.


Are the water absorbing roots different from food absorbing roots?

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Where do plants get the water they need to grow?

There are no element that plants get from water to make food. They require sunlight and carbon dioxide so as to process food through photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide normally enters the plant through the stoma and not the roots.


What carries water and food to the plant?

phloem and xylem


Does a plants roots make food for the plant?

No, they receive water and nutrients from the soil, but the chlorophyl/chloroplasts obtain sunlight and use water to create food for a plant. But som of them are modified to use sunlight to prepare food


What is a tube that carries water and food?

either the xylem or the phloem