Which statement best describes how water rises up the vascular tissue and through the leaves of a plant? a. osmotic pressure causes water to move upward. b. plant cells use active transport to pump water upward. c. adhesive and cohesive forces allow transpiration to pull water upward. d. hair cells act like tiny oars, and they push water upward.

Which of the following is a good definition for the word adaptation? question 1 options: a trait that an organism survive and reproduce in its environment. a change in an organism's environment. the way in which animals obtain food. a temperature change that can cause the extinction of plants and animals.

To store strawberries in sugar syrup, lucy placed them in a jar and covered them with sugar but did not add any water. do you think syrup will be formed? justify. a. no. since water is not added, there cannot be any syrup formation. b. no. the higher concentration of sugar on the outside will cause the water from the sugar to diffuse in the strawberry cells causing them to swell without formation of any syrup. c. yes. the higher concentration of sugar on the outside will cause the water from the strawberry to diffuse out resulting in syrup formation. d. yes. the sugar will melt over time and form the syrup.

When energy is used, atp molecules convert to adp molecules. this process is called