Stella wants to test the hypothesis “if carbon dioxide levels increase, the growth rate of sunflowers will increase.” she places five young sunflower plants into similar containers and sets up pumps that release different amounts of carbon dioxide into each container. she plans to measure the daily height of the plants for two weeks and graph the data. which additional considerations would produce the most reliable experimental results?

answer:

the water molecules are transferred from the roots to the stem or top parts of the tall tree because of important properties of water which are adhesion, cohesion and capillary action. cohesion is the property of water molecules keeps water molecules in a combined state by sharing of bonds between them at the atomic level. adhesion allows the interaction of water molecules with other substances or substrate. adhesion will cause the attachment of water molecules to the wall of the vessel (xylem) of the plant. capillary action occurs when the adhesive force to the vessel wall is stronger than the cohesive force between water molecules. capillary action mimics the transfer of water from a tube or pipe. in this way water utilizes its property to transfer water from down to top level of the plant.