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Water and dissolved minerals get into the root hair of a plant by a process called A and enter the conducting tissue B. The process C helps the water and dissolved minerals to move up through the tissue B in roots and stem, and reach the leaves of a plant. In the leaves food is made by a process D. This food is then transported to all the parts of a plant through tissue E. The process of distributing food made in the leaves to all the parts of the plant is called F.
(d) Which tissue, B or E, contains tracheids?

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  • Tissue B (xylem) contains tracheid.
  • Tracheids are dead, long, thin, spindle-shaped cells with pits in their cell walls. Water flows from one tracheid to another through pits.
  • Tissue E (phloem) is made up of living cells called sieve elements , phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma.

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