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The main function of xylem within a plant is to transport water and minerals from the roots up to the actual plant itself.

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The main function is for xylem tube to transport water and minerals.

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What tissues are part of a plant transport system?

one tissue is the xylem and the other is phloem


Why are vascular plants able to grow taller than nonvascular plants?

Because vascular tissue is the transport system of a plant. if a plant doesn't have vascular tissue it cant transport water and minerals to all parts of the plant if it is big. So the non-vascular plant like moss needs to be small for sufficient distribution of water and minerals etc without a transport system. eg- moss


Which type of plant do NOT have a vascular tissues?

A plant that is not vascular does not have xylem or phloem to carry nutrients throughout the plant. The non vascular plants have a simpler transport system established for water and nutrients required.


Vascular tissue gives the plant support and has what other function?

To transport water and dissolve nutrients from the roots to the stems, leaves, and reproductive parts.


What is the function of the tissue in a plant?

Meristematic tissue is the only plant tissue that produces new cells in mitosis.


What is the function of the vascular tissues?

Xylem. To carry water from the roots of the plant to the leaves of the plant.Phloem. To carry the manufactured sugars from where the are manufactured, leaves generally, to throughout the plant and wherever needed.


How is the transport system of a plant differ to a frog?

The frog differ to a plant by the automotive transport system rather than is the public locomotive transport system.


The function of the xylem in a plant is to transport?

is to transport water for roots to the stem


What are the 3 plant system?

- Vascular tissue system - Ground tissue system - Dermal tissue system


Which tissue transport starch to all the parts of plant?

phloem


What tissue in a plant does the minerals transport through?

the stems and roots


What kind of tissue allows the transport of materials from the roots to the rest of the plant?

Vascular tissue, bro