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How does food coloring go through a stem of a flower?
Question Date: 2017-04-07
Answer 1:

The food coloring mixes with the water and goes up the flower stem like the water does. Plant fertilizer also goes up the plant stem with the water. There are tiny tubes in the plant stem that are so narrow that water rises up in them. The process is called capillary action.



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