AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roots anchor the plants firmly to the soil. They provide support to the plants. They also help in absorbing water and minerals from the soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roots absorb water and minerals and transport them to stems. They also anchor and support a plant, and store food.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roots are used to anchor the plant in the soil, to absorb minerals and water, conduct minerals and water and store food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roots are the important underground part of all vascular plants. This part of the plant is mainly responsible for anchoring it down into the ground and absorbing the essential mineral elements, nutrients, and water from the soil.

Detailed explanation-5: -The primary root, or radicle, is the first organ to appear when a seed germinates. It grows downward into the soil, anchoring the seedling. In gymnosperms and dicotyledons (angiosperms with two seed leaves), the radicle becomes a taproot.