🧪 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.