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Biology

Water Transport in Plants

Quick fact

Water molecules are so strongly attracted to each other that they can form a continuous chain from root to leaf, pulled upward by evaporation at the leaves—a process that can generate enough tension to lift water over 100 meters.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever wondered how a hundred-meter-tall tree gets water from its roots to its highest leaves, against gravity, without a pump?