DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The water is absorbed by the root hair and undergoes cell to cell movement by osmosis until it reaches the xylem. This water is then transported through the xylem vessels to the leaves and is evaporated by the process of transpiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of transpiration involves osmosis. This is because the water moves from the xylem cells to the mesophyll cells. Evaporation and diffusion occurs in order to aid transpiration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transpiration (water transport) involves three processes: absorption at the roots, capillary action in the xylem, and evaporation at the leaves. Roots acquire dissolved minerals in a four-step process: •Active transport into the root hairs, which moves minerals against their concentration gradient.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the spongy mesophyll cells followed by the diffusion of water through the air spaces and out of the stomata .