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Campbell Biology | 10th Edition | ISBN: 9780321775658 | Authors: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
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Imagine yourself as a water molecule in the soil solution of a forest. In a short essay

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Imagine yourself as a water molecule in the soil solution of a forest. In a short essay (100150 words), explain what pathways and what forces would be necessary to carry you to the leaves of these trees.

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Imagine yourself as a water molecule in the soil solution of a forest. In a short essay (100150 words), explain what pathways and what forces would be necessary to carry you to the leaves of these trees.

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As a water molecule, I start off in the soil solution of a forest. I immediately begin to move through the spaces between the soil particles, pushed by forces of diffusion, as the concentration of water molecules is lower in the soil and higher in the atmosphere. I then start to travel upwards, encouraged by osmosis, as the water

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