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A stem in a plant carries water that the roots suck up and sends it to the other parts of the plant. A cool thing you can doo to see this is take some celery, put it in a cup full of food coloring-filled water, and see what happens!!!!!!

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The stem carries water to the leaves of the plant

Also gets the plant up off the ground so it can get sunlight, helps it compete with other plants.

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