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What process exerts the pull on water molecules that is relayed from leaf to root via cohesion?

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Transpiration exerts a pull that is relayed downward along a string of water molecules held together by cohesion and helped upward by adhesion. A plant's xylem tissue is adapted to use outside forces to move water and dissolved materials from its roots to its shoots
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