alleryStart learning →Water molecules sticking to each other helps pull water up the xylem. This property is:
AEvaporation
BCondensation
CSublimation
DCohesion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Cohesion
The sticking together of water molecules is cohesion, central to the cohesion-tension theory.
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