the answer is b! It helps carry nutrients along the plant itself!
the skin has cells like that
<span>aerobic respiration requires oxygen in order to release energy from glucose for cellular use. Carbon dioxide and water are waste products of aerobic respiration. This process occurs in organelles called mitochondria, which are the energy-producing parts of the cell.</span>
Chemoautotrophs made their food by themselves using the energy from the sun. This means that an ecosystem that depends on chemoautotrophs for food is DEPENDENT ON SUNLIGHT FOR FOOD AND SURVIVAL. This is because the chemoautotrophic organisms are the primary producers in that ecosystem.