Four laws or principles are involved with the study of stratigraphy. they are

law of original horizontality, law of superposition, law of original lateral continuity and law of cross-cutting relationships.

Explanation:

Before we know the principles of Stratigraphy, we need to understand what it is. To do this, let's first look at the origin of the word statigraphy: from Latin stratum means layer and from Greek graphia means field of study. From this we can understand that stratigraphy is the study of layers. Therefore, we define stratigraphy as the study of the sedimentary rock layers and it seeks to determine the processes and events that formed them.

Now that we know what Stratigraphy is, let's know its principles:

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.  

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