Biology PYQ 41 of 227 · Plant Tissues & Anatomy

The ‘xylem’ in plants is responsible mainly for

  1. ATransportation of food
  2. BTransportation of amino acid
  3. CTransportation of water
  4. DTransportation of oxygen

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Correct answer: (c) Transportation of water

Explanation

Xylem is a vascular tissue that conducts water and minerals upward from the roots to the rest of the plant.

It is built from dead cells like tracheids and vessels; transport of food (sucrose) is done by phloem, not xylem.

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