Capillary action in plants experiment with paper towel - Science experiments for kids

Capillary action in plants experiment with paper towel - Science experiments for kids
You'll need:
• Two glasses
• Color water
• A paper towel or a tissue paper
Capillary effect: The movement of a liquid along the surface of a solid caused by the attraction of molecules of the liquid to the molecules of the solid.
• Take two glasses
• Put them side by side
• Fill one of the glass with color water
• Now take a paper towel
• Pin fold it or fold it into middle
• Dip one of the ends of the paper into the color water and put the other end into the glass one beside it
• Leave it for few hours
• You can observe that the color water gets transferred into the empty glass through paper towel
• Its keeps flowing into the glass till they attain equal amount of water in both of them
A Closer Look
Molecules of water are naturally attracted to each other and form temporary hydrogen bonds with each other; their attraction for each other on the surface of a liquid, gives rise to surface tension. But they are also attracted in a similar way to other molecules, called hydrophilic molecules, such as those in the fibers of a towel; these attractive forces can draw water upward against the force of gravity to a certain degree.

[@NCorteza0431]

Nice, u have just helped me out, now i know what to do for my science project. thx :)

[@sciencework5401]

Hey

[@emazingpete9678]

@@sciencework5401 o.o I'm working, I swear

[@pattyrice4597]

LOL same. *8 years later*

[@levii5217]

Hello aunty

[@gordongeymuller2528]

This will also work will a celery stick. It doesn't take nearly as long.

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[@elearnin]

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[@hades8594]

@@chemlab5038 you are adopted

[@dazzlerby]

Good positive thinking but it would be more cost efficient to let it flow, as in hydro turbine. This capillary stuff is what helps a lot of living things to tick over nicely, including plants/trees and humans.

[@trippettfamily4686]

Thank you!!! Well done!!!

[@IAINoodle]

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[@elizabethcatlion7015]

This is so cool. Like I think you'll agree this is super cool. The coolest experiment! I think you'll find this so cool!

[@christinadc]

good explanation!!

[@Gameknight2169]

Look, this experiment was great, but like
say "cool" one more time and I'll cool your body temperature to -12K

[@chriswentzel5339]

So this proves water always finds level too lol

[@nkjsl791]

man, that was pretty cool

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[@UWBadgers10]

neat!

[@heyitsthatoneguy91]

All I see is cranberry juice and it looks delicious

[@cjanansx3winchester687]

This was pretty cool

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

how many inches can a water rise? does elevation affects capillary effect? if so how by how much per 500' of elevation etc. Thanks!

[@NasserMadkhali]

very good

[@anteconfig5391]

What happens if you raise the second cup a bit and you don't allow the napkin to touch the bottom?

[@dmoschos]

Great Suggestion, I will try tonight.

[@milkster]

and?@@dmoschos

[@dmoschos]

Why don’t you test it yourself? Its an easy experiment. Ok, I’ll tell you.
It only drips as long as the tip of the towel is below the level of the water. If above, no dripping. If below, it drips until both levels are equal, so, no gain in energy ;-)@@milkster

[@devidevatha]

Nice explanation

[@rorriannroch]

I did this using a purple food color tablet left from easter and a paper towel The glass that the purple water transferred to was light blue. I cannot figure this out. Do you have any answers? The purple color went up the side of the purple towel and right at the point where it was bent turned blue as the liquid transferred to the empty cup.

[@dmoschos]

So... where does the energy for rising the water up comes from ??

[@suryakrishnan3457]

The polarity of the molecules in the water and the polarity will allow it to bind, almost exactly like magnets. If the "magnet" chain reaction continues until there is equillibrium, no energy is required

[@khmersharekh]

so good

[@PhoenixSunsNZ]

Does this work with plants also? Like if I cut off a plant stalk could I place it in both cups and would it suck up the liquid to the other cup?

[@KoffingOnion]

Sure, this is the capillary effect, and plants have capillaries, so it should definitely work. Plants use these capillaries to bring water from the base of a tree, to the top.

[@MariaRodriguez-nc5dg]

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[@andrewcresser2823]

That wasn't coloured water! It was merlo! ADMIT IT!!!

[@heyitsthatoneguy91]

Merlot*

[@paradox...]

Cool.

[@Apple-uw2uk]

why do i want to drink that lol

[@tanupanwalkar6463]

Good explanation. Is this experiment for 7 year child

[@carltrotter7622]

So is Capillary action a self-starting siphon?

[@lolitasumampong3259]

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[@Claudiomarsantos]

And if the cup from the left edge of the paper is the glass half?? What equals two levels seems to me the cup of liquid left applying a pressure equal to the right ...

[@rockstarnithin2125]

Super

[@shivamtripathi3746]

if the water is not colour then also it will work right?

[@lydmonkey4593]

yep! the color just makes the water easier to see

[@rays5163]

Yeah, but it won't be cool

[@shreyansjain3934]

@@rays5163 right 🤣🤣

[@samaelaunweor8096]

Blood color liquid with a sanitary pad like device.
Oh boy, you ask for trouble in the comments.
I guess all the other colorants are depleted.

[@cucaracha6365]

What are you, 12?

[@MonthB4July]

@@cucaracha6365 prob was, that comment was 7 years ago lol

[@ReyDatwani]

does it have to be colored water?????

[@kiarabhatia1789]

thats really cool

[@kiarabhatia1789]

how long does it take??

[@silverisshiny]

Colored water is better to see the experiment better

[@qiqi9392]

Why was one glass more colored than the other?

[@flamingpheonix5231]

because the sediments in the initial glass with the colored water, got left behind by the network of fibers in the tissue. This purifies the liquid a bit more as it separates the sediments from the liquid.

[@rowentaylor9784]

Did he kill Einstein in the intro?

[@scienceexperimentcorner]

i noticed that too

[@yeetusfeetus7108]

Omg WATER IS WATER stop making it complicated

[@vollblau5310]

mmm... Its like a sihpon

[@xmalcolm8129]

Why does it have to be colored water?

[@Pearlfox]

Why so passive aggressive? Why not make a suggestion with gratitude?

[@GilmoreAntalan]

What if there is no color. Try plain water.

[@manyaaa2094]

It's for chemistry or physics?

[@suryakrishnan3457]

biology, chemistry, and maybe physics

[@bethfarrell580]

can somone pls type the scince in the reapliething i realy wanna know

[@congratulationsmerry6386]

he said it in the beggining

[@bethfarrell580]

@@congratulationsmerry6386 thx im doing a school project on this :)

[@kronosthecactus1654]

niche

[@bnb7094]

Nope, this is yet another example of energy being displaced by matter. Dark energy is displaced by matter creating a cascading effect of pressure we call gravity.

[@alaorii]

Lol

[@dun813ning]

C'mon, more enthusiasm

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

Lol true XD

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[@christophersaeli5620]

This was okay

[@cucumber7413]

no

[@fahimmahmood1139]

This called siphon effect

[@scienceexperimentcorner]

no

[@aceradionetwork3697]

Communism with water

[@shreyansjain3934]

,🤣🤣🤣lol

[@ryanmetevier9141]

had to dislike because of what the music did at the end #RIP

[@alinacox6933]

BORING!!!!!!!

[@alinacox6933]

This sucks

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Alina Cox stop

[@congratulationsmerry6386]

hey at least it wasnt as boring as your presentation lol

[@suryakrishnan3457]

@@alinacox6933 bro really commented on their own comment 💀💀

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Lol