Biology · Class 9–10

Transport in Plants

See how water and food move through a plant using two special pipelines — xylem and phloem.

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🧠 Remember it

Transport in Plants

Two pipes: Xylem carries Water UP (roots→leaves), Phloem carries Food (sugar) everywhere. "Xylem = water eXits upward, Phloem = Food flows."

🌏 In real life

Put a white flower stem in coloured water and the petals slowly turn that colour — you are literally watching the xylem carry water up from the stem to the flower.

📝 Quick notes

  • Plants have two transport tissues: xylem and phloem.
  • Xylem carries water and minerals upward, from the roots to the leaves (one direction).
  • Transpiration (evaporation of water from leaves) creates the pull that draws water up the xylem.
  • Phloem carries food (glucose made in the leaves) to all parts, including the roots (both directions).

🎯 Test yourself

What does the xylem transport, and in which direction?

Water and minerals, upward from the roots to the leaves.

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