🧪 Science & Math
Capillarity — how plants drink water
Water rises upward through narrow tubes without any help from a pump. Pure physics.
🍃 Leaves release (transpiration)
🪨 Xylem tubes
🌱 Roots absorb
Water
Xylem
Transpiration
🔬 Try at home: Place a white carnation in coloured water and watch the petals change colour within hours.