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Which one of the following parts of a plant helps in the absorption of water and mineral salts from the soil?


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Stem

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Root hair

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Leaf

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B

Root hair


The root hair of a plant helps in the absorption of water and mineral salts from the soil.The root hair of a vascular plant is a tubular outgrowth of a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root. They are lateral extensions of a single cell, and invisible to the naked eye.


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