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How Plants Get Water?

Plants drink water through a process called osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of a liquid into a living thing creating a balance of that liquid. For example if a plant needs water it will use osmosis to pull water through the roots until it has enough water to photosynthesize or make food.

Where does plants get their water from?

roots

Plants absorb nutrients and water through their roots but photosynthesis — the process by which plants create their fuel — occurs in the leaves. Therefore plants need to get fluids and nutrients from the ground up through their stems to their parts that are above ground level.

What are two ways that plants receive water?

There are two processes involved in how a plant absorbs water: capillary action and transpiration. Plants absorb water and nutrients through the xylem: a tissue made up of thin tubes located just below the surface of the plant’s stems.

How do plants get water from their leaves?

This movement of water takes place in the xylem (pronounced ZY-lum) vein-like tubes that run from the roots of the plant to the leaves and other parts. These tubes move water and other nutrients from the soil to the parts of the plant that need them.

How do leaves get water from the roots?

During transpiration water evaporates from tiny holes in the surfaces of leaves into the air. These tiny holes are called stomata. As water molecules evaporate from plant leaves they attract the water molecules still in the plant helping to pull water up through the stems from the roots.