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Can water reach roots by capillary if the water table is not too deep?
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Capillary action occurs when water rises from the water table into?
The capillary fringe
How do you think this plant obtains nutrients from the soil?
The roots and their hairs reach into the soil to absorb nutrients. Capillary action of water induces the absorption.
What part of the plant soaks up water from the soil?
The roots, in particular the xylem and phloem by capillary action
What motion causes water to travel from roots to leaves?
Capillary action
Why do the roots of plants go into the subsoil?
To absorb capillary water and the minerals
What sentence could you use for the word capillary action?
Water is transferred from the roots to the leaves through the stem by capillary action.
How do roots allow plants to live with little rainfall?
The roots absorb capillary water from the soil to the plants. Thus a very little water in the soil may help these roots to obtain water from there.
Where is the capillary fringe located?
The subsurface layer in which groundwater seeps up from a water table by capillary action to fill pores.
What is the capillary effect?
When water rises from the soil by the roots of the plant. The capillary effect is done in a lot of things. Example: When water is obsorbed by the paper up the toilet paper tube.
How do oak trees get there water?
Through a series of capillary bodies that we so commonly call, roots.
Why does the water move from the soil into a plant's roots?
The roots absorb by capillarity. The same as water is absorbed in a paper (predominantly). And the water moves to the roots by same capillary effects and further by the gradient of water created by the roots absorbing the water (osmosis as well).
What is the process in which water is evaporated from trees?
Osmosis through the roots, then capillary action up the trunk and branches.
