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Mystery #1Tier 2-3plants / transport

How does water reach the top of a tall tree?

The tallest trees are higher than a 30-storey building, yet they lift water all the way from their roots to their topmost leaves, with no pump, no heart, nothing pushing it. How does water climb so high?

The huge trunk of a giant sequoia (redwood) rising in a forest.
Photo: Matthew Fern · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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