AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -From the Soil into the Plant Essentially all of the water used by land plants is absorbed from the soil by roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations of soil, sand and rocks called aquifers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water from the soil is absorbed by the roots through a process known as osmosis. The cell membrane of the root hair cells acts as a semi-permeable membrane. The cell sap inside the vacuole is a strong solution with low water concentration.

Detailed explanation-4: -Water moves into the roots from the soil by osmosis, due to the low solute potential in the roots (lower s in roots than in soil). This intake o f water in the roots increases p in the root xylem, driving water up.