What transport process accounts for the absorption of water?

Based on the evidence in the excerpt above, describe in your own words what it would have been like for a person to enter a meat processing plant in the united states

Dermal tissue in plants stores 1.extra food 2.transports water and nutrients 3.transports waste materials 4.is similar to epithelial cells in animals

Ivan is looking at a cross section of a stem taken from a vascular plant. he sees two different types of vascular tissue: the xylem, which is closer to the center of the stem, and the phloem, located around the xylem, closer to the outside of the stem. how do these two structures work together in a living plant?