AP BIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How does most of the water needed by the plant get into its leaves?
A
It enters through the stomata
B
The roots absorb it and then it travels up the stem
C
It’s made during a chemical reaction in the leaf
D
The flowers capture water and deliver it to the leaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Essentially all of the water used by land plants is absorbed from the soil by roots. A root system consists of a complex network of individual roots that vary in age along their length. Roots grow from their tips and initially produce thin and non-woody fine roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Water from the soil enters the root hairs by moving along a water potential gradient and into the xylem through either the apoplast or symplast pathway. It is carried upward through the xylem by transpiration, and then passed into the leaves along another water potential gradient.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plant stems have some very special cells called xylem. These cells form long thin tubes that run from the roots up the stems to the leaves. Their job is to carry water upward from the roots to every part of a plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -They are able to maintain water in the liquid phase up to their total height by maintaining a column of water in small hollow tubes using root pressure, capillary action and the cohesive force of water. XYLEM. Water travels from a tree’s roots to its canopy by way of this conductive tissue.

Detailed explanation-5: -Xylem transports water in plants. Water is absorbed from the soil through root hair cells. Water moves by osmosis from root cell to root cell until it reaches the xylem. It is transported through the xylem vessels up the stem to the leaves.

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