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Identify the term used to describe the ability of a liquid to flow against gravity up a narrow tube.

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Answer:

This would be capillary action.

Step-by-step explanation:

The physics behind it is gravity adhesion. The forces that attract between dissimilar molecules or atoms, in our case the contact area between the particles of the liquid and the particles forming the tube.

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