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Science Struck: The Concept and Meaning of Capillary Action

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Defines capillary action and discusses its applications. The physics of surface tension, cohesion, and adhesion are explained and a simple experiment is provided. Includes a number of examples where capillary action takes place.

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Concepts
adhesion, cohesion, surface tension, capillary action
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plant processes, buzzle.com: sciencestruck: the concept and meaning of capillary action
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
NGSS
HS-PS1-3