how does a plant drink water?

Answer 1

It varies depending upon the plant. Some plants absorb water through their leaves and some absorb water from the soil through their roots.

Answer 2

Plant roots absorbs water from the soil by a process called osmosis. The water then move to various parts of the plant body through the stem and then onto the leaves.

Answer 3

The word 'drink' is misleading as we tend to associate this with animals. Plants mainly absorb water through their roots, or rather, the cells that make up the roots and root hairs. The latter increase the surface area for absorption of water (and minerals) from the soil.

As plants transpire, they lose water from their leaves. This creates a sort-of suction which pulls water into the plant through its roots. Water (and dissolved minerals) travel through the plant in the xylem.

Answer 4

besides the straw one everyone pretty much has this one. It is osmosis. Water molecules move through osmosis. As the plant converts the water and nutrients into energy via photosynthisis the water molecules are converted to oxygen and the hydrogen is used and more water is abosorbed via the osmosis we spoke of before.

I'm bad at wording things : ) hopefully that was helpful. Osmosis is similar to difusion, but it is strictly used for liquids where difusion is used for gases as well.

Answer 5

exelent question .
first (and most comonly known) a plant absorbs watter through the roots.
secont ,you have probably noticed the under side of the leaves is a different texture ,this is because the leaves also absorb watter .
as a rain storm aproaches trees and other plants will prepare themselves by a 70-180 degre rotation of their leaves ,exposing the under side to the oncoming rain .as the drops of watter trickle acrost the back of each leaf rain watter is absorbed.
check it out some time ,its rather neat

Answer 6

The roots absorb the water and use it to nourish the plant.

Answer 7

the plant absorbs the water

Answer 8

the leaves or roots absorb it by diffusion/osmosis, and then it is used in photosynthesis, to produce energy for the plant to use for growth and other chemical reactions inside it

Answer 9

Osmosis

Answer 10

it absorbs water and nutrients through the roots by osmosis, it then then moves it round the plant and up the stem via phloem (they transport water) and xylem tubes (nutrients)......