How Do Plants Absorb Water?

Plants absorb water from their root hairs on the root and send it to the other parts of the organism for food and growth enrichment.

This process involves the unidirectional flow of water from roots to shoots against gravitational pull.

If the roots of a plant are cut and the plant is dipped in water the plant still absorbs the water, this pull is mainly caused due to a force named "transpiration pull."

The loss of water on the upper part of the plant through evaporation and transpiration creates what is known as a transpiration pull throughout the plant. Water molecules move in through the root hair cells (located in the roots of the plant) through a special kind of diffusion known as osmosis (the movement of water molecules through a semi permeable membrane from a region of high concentration to that of a low concentration) the water then moves into the xylem a special tube like structure that transports water to the leaves and other parts of the plant.

The cells in the roots of a plant are full of salt and sugar which means that it has a high concentration. While the water in the soil in the water sourrounding the plant has much lower concentration. Water moves from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration through a permiable or semi permiable cell membrane. Once the water is inside of the root cells it is sucked up the stem through the xylems to the leaves.

Plants take in water by their roots.

Plants take in water through their roots.

Through the roots

Plants take in water by their roots.

Plants absorb water from their root

The roots

It takes in through their xylem tubes by transpiration and the many capillary vessels in its part, starting from their roots which absorbs water from the soil.