GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Because water molecules like to stick together (cohesion) and like to stick to the walls of the tubes of cellulose (adhesion), they rise up the tubes all the way from the roots to the leaves. Water then evaporates from the leaves, helping to draw up more water from the roots. This process is called capillary action.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The cohesion of water molecules and their adhesion to the walls of narrow tubes that results in water rising in the tubes is called: b. capillarity. When water moves up the walls of a narrow tube through this process, it is said to be moving by capillary action.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of water’s most distinctive properties is cohesion-that is, the tendency of water molecules to “stick” to one another. In plants, this cohesion results in columns of water that stretch through the plant’s xylem (the vascular tissue responsible for transport of water), from the roots all the way to the leaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -For plants, adhesion allows for the water to stick to the organic tissues of plants. Cohesion keeps molecules of the same substance together. For plants, cohesion keeps the water molecules together.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water is highly cohesive-it is the highest of the non-metallic liquids. Water is sticky and clumps together into drops because of its cohesive properties, but chemistry and electricity are involved at a more detailed level to make this possible.