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How do you think that water gets to the other parts of the tree that need it?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Water mostly enters a tree through the roots by osmosis and any dissolved mineral nutrients will travel with it upward through the inner bark's xylem (using capillary action) and into the leaves.

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