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What does cohesion have to do with transporting water up the leaves of trees?
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∙ 12y ago
Each water molecule pulls on the lower water molecule by being hydrogen bonded, one to another molecule. So, this works somewhat as a chain, along with the other forces in play here, to move water molecules up the trunk and into the leaves of the tree.
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What property causes the cohesion of water molecules that moves water through a plant against the force of gravity?
Transporting water molecules up high in tall trees is done with cohesion along with adhesion of water creating a column of water in the xylem(tube) of trees helping push it upward to the leaves up high. This is helped by evaporation.
Why does water move from roots to the leaves of plants?
becuase the root was mean! nice one:) the real answer is a physical process called evapotranspiration in which the water the evapurates from the leaves creates a pulling force that draws the water from the roots to other parts of the plant
Has many trees that lose all of their leaves to save water?
Saving of water is one aspect but shedding leaves in deciduous trees is taken up by renewed growth in the spring season.
Why should gum trees be planted away from water sources?
Apart form the fact that Gum Trees (eucalyptus) can tap into and evaporate the water, their leaves/oil falls round the trees and will contaminate the water.
Which property of water helps plants to transport water from their roots to their leaves?
Water is a wetting liquid so have strong adhesive force so capillary action is the main reason but process of osmosis is also applicable to run the water in plants from roots to upwards.
What theory explains how water is moved from roots to leaves?
Cohesion tension is the theory that explains how water is moved from roots to leaves.
What property causes the cohesion of water molecules that moves water through a plant against the force of gravity?
Transporting water molecules up high in tall trees is done with cohesion along with adhesion of water creating a column of water in the xylem(tube) of trees helping push it upward to the leaves up high. This is helped by evaporation.
Which properties of water plays an important role in the movement of water from the roots to the leaves in plants?
Cohesion
How do cohesion and adhesion work together?
First, the adhesion makes the molecules of water stick to the walls of the plants roots and leaves. Then the cohesion joins the molecules of water together to help them move up the walls of the plants roots and leaves.
What part of the plant is responsible for transporting water to the leaves of an angiosperm?
Xylem.
The column of water exstending in tubes from plant roots to leaves is due mostly to what?
Cohesion
What do ferns have that apple trees don't have?
both have specialized channels for transporting water.
What are specialised tissues developed in multicellular organisms for transporting water from root to leaves?
Xylem
What is a sentence for cohesion?
cohesion is water sticking to water
Why water reaches great heights in the trees because of suction pull caused by?
Transpiration. The water is leaving the leaves by the stomata and water is a polar molecule that is hydrogen bonded, one molecule to another. This cohesion allows the molecules of water to pull other molecules up the tree as they leave into the atmosphere through the stomata.
How do trees give off water vapor?
Water vapour leaves the leaves of a tree through pores in their surface.
How does cohesion affects water?
Cohesion is the action of water molecules sticking together
