What is the primary driving force for the movement of water in plants?
Correct Answer: Transpiration pull
- Step 1: Understand that plants need water to survive and grow.
- Step 2: Know that water enters the plant through the roots from the soil.
- Step 3: Realize that water travels up through the plant to the leaves.
- Step 4: Learn about transpiration, which is the process of water evaporating from the leaves.
- Step 5: Recognize that when water evaporates from the leaves, it creates a pull that helps draw more water up from the roots.
- Step 6: Conclude that this pull, called transpiration pull, is the main force that moves water through the plant.
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