Paper towels absorb liquid through capillary action, allowing a fluid to be transferred from a surface to the towel. The small pores of a sponge act as small capillaries, causing it to absorb a large amount of fluid.
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The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena is all part of science. Nothing is immune to the scientific process: from charm quarks that haven't existed naturally since the beginning of time to Pluto, recently demoted from planet to dwarf planet.
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Science is a process of trying to determine the truth. Using the scientific method, one investigates a question, conducts experiments, and makes the results available for others to evaluate and attempt to duplicate. Using science we are able to find out the truth about the would around us.
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Gallons are a measure of volume. So are cubic inches and cubic feet. There are 231 cubic inches in one 1 gallon of fluid, and if that fluid is water, then it weighs 8.32 pounds. There is no such thing as a cubic gallon.Cubic is a term that implie….
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The partial polarity of the water molecule makes it attractive to polar and less-polar surfaces. Water adheres to and climbs up materials like glass (forming a meniscus). The fact that water molecules attract each other makes them cohesive.
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Adhesion: the molecular force of attraction in the area of contact between unlike bodies that acts to hold them together. Cohesion: the molecular force between particles within a body or substance that acts to unite them. Basically the difference is that adhesion is the attraction between two unlike molecules and cohesion is the attraction between two same molecules. For example: water is attracted to other water this is cohesion. Water is also attracted to other materials this is adhesion. suburbanturban · 7 years ago.
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In hydrology, capillary action describes the attraction of water molecules to soil particles. Capillary action is responsible for moving groundwater from wet areas of the soil to dry areas. Differences in soil potential () drive capillary action in soil.
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The answer to this is subjective and therefore it cannot be answered. Some people will agree with it and some people disagree. Most people with a college education will agree with the scientific explanation of the world.
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The contact length (around the edge) between the top of the liquid column and the tube is proportional to the diameter of the tube, while the weight of the liquid column is proportional to the square of the tube's diameter. So, a narrow tube will draw a liquid column higher than a wider tube will.
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For these values, the height of the water column is. Thus for a 4 m (13 ft) diameter glass tube in lab conditions given above (radius 2 m (6.6 ft)), the water would rise an unnoticeable 0.007 mm (0.00028 in).
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what is an attraction between substaces and powers a process called in which water molecules move upward through a narrow tube, such as the stem of a plant
The attraction between substances and powers a process is called capillary action in which water molecules move upward through a narrow tube, such as the stem of a plant.