Animals commonly called reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals are all tetrapods - a term that means "four feet." The transition from water to land is fascinating to scientists in part because it's our history - the transition documents the evolution of tetrapods, and humans are tetrapods. Tetrapods form a clade. Which of the following is true of tetrapods?

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the water molecules are transferred from the roots to the stem or top parts of the tall tree because of important properties of water which are adhesion, cohesion and capillary action. cohesion is the property of water molecules keeps water molecules in a combined state by sharing of bonds between them at the atomic level. adhesion allows the interaction of water molecules with other substances or substrate. adhesion will cause the attachment of water molecules to the wall of the vessel (xylem) of the plant. capillary action occurs when the adhesive force to the vessel wall is stronger than the cohesive force between water molecules. capillary action mimics the transfer of water from a tube or pipe. in this way water utilizes its property to transfer water from down to top level of the plant.  

a physical change is being made.