EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In plants, vascular tissue named xylem transports water and minerals from roots to shoots and leaves. Transportation of water takes place through tracheids and vessels, the dead cells of xylem.

Detailed explanation-2: -Xylem transports water, minerals, and nutrients from the soil to all the plant parts. There are two types of “transport” tissues in plants-xylem and phloem. Water and solutes are transported by the xylem from the roots to the leaves, and food is transported from the leaves to the rest of the plant by the phloem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Xylem transports water and dissolved mineral salts from the roots to the rest of the plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Food moves from leaves to the other parts of the plant through phloem and water moves from roots to the other parts of the plant through xylem.

Detailed explanation-5: -The type of vascular tissue which transports water and minerals from roots to leaves through the stems and branches is xylem. Phloem is the vascular tissue that transports food material from leaves to other parts of the plant.