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What do plants do with water ? What is going on inside the plants?
Question Date: 2019-03-10
Answer 1:

Plants take water out of the ground and bring it to their leaves and branches. The water is used by the leaves during photosynthesis, and it also keeps the plants from wilting by increasing the amount of fluid in each cell. This water, which is taken up by the roots, is called the "xylem". Once the plant synthesizes glucose for the plant, its sent back down to the roots through the "phloem".



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