The definition of Xylem is “the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps form the woody element in the root system. Therefore the answer is “transport water and minerals upward.” I hope this helps!
Because it's partially permeable membrane so it won't let anything get inside the leaf so by this cuticle the leaf is protected not to let any foreign substances in and preventing loss of water
The cost of energy to heat water to make steam is not a
negative environmental effect of using high pressure water hoses on rocky
coastlines to clean the spilled oil. Spilled oil cause environmental pollution
to the coastlines and endangers the species the lives of the species living in
these coastlines.
