Question

In plants and trees, water travels upward through the roots and stems due to: (THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS)
A) Adhesion
B) Cohesion
C) Precipitation
D) Oxidation

Answer 1

any idea ? what function (rol ) may be the water ?

Answer 2

i know it's not C. but honestly i have no idea what the other words mean. first quiz on online school and we have no learning material to go along with it ..

Answer 3

A. can be ?

Answer 4

huh

Answer 5

may be cohesion rol function ?

Answer 6

what does rol mean

Answer 7

a tip of role

Answer 8

function

Answer 9

what

Answer 10

for plant ,tree life

Answer 11

i think B. cohesion make sens - my opinion -

Answer 12

It has much to do with the properties of water, which @jhonny9 started out in explaining: cohesion, and also adhesion.

Due to the intermolecular forces in water (LDF, but most importantly, Hydrogen bonding and dipole dipole interactions), water has the tendency to attach to other water molecules, and also attach to other unlike molecules. This leads way to a property of water called adhesion and cohesion. Organisms like plants and trees take advantage of this in their vascular system.

Answer 13

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i know it's not C. but honestly i have no idea what the other words mean. first quiz on online school and we have no learning material to go along with it ..
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Okay to clear your doubts up:

Adhesion - Water attracts to other *nonwater* molecules
Cohesion - Water attracts to other water molecules.
(These are due to the van der waal interactions)
Precipitation - I think in different fields there are different meanings. But since this is under the subject 'chemistry', precipitation probably regards to precipitation reactions. These are where reactions of aqueous species condense to solid products that are insoluble.
Oxidation - This probably refers to redox reactions, and oxidation is a half reaction. This is where an electron is transferred to a different component.

Answer 14

ah, thank you, was clueless on those definitions.
then it's adhesion and cohesion

Answer 15

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @lolokrat
ah, thank you, was clueless on those definitions.
then it's adhesion and cohesion
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yes