You often hear people, particularly sports announcers, talk about a "high rate of speed." what do you think they mean? according to the specific definitions of physics terms, what are they really saying?

Explanation:

High rate of speed as used by most announcers is actually not correct. Speed is the rate at which distance changes with time. Speed already expresses a rate. What one can deduce is that they probably meant to emphasize more on the how fast a sport is proceeding. Ordinarily saying speed would have been fine.

According to physics, the rate of change of speed is acceleration. Acceleration is the change in velocity with time. A body is said to be accelerating if its velocity is constantly changing.

water   molecules stay close to each other through cohesion, the collective action of hydrogen bonds between water molecules. cohesion plants draw water upwards from the root through the stem's transport tubes (xylem) to the leaf. this transport occurs even in large trees and against gravity. transpiration, evaporation of water from plant leaves, creates a tension on water molecules being pulled up from the stem and roots.

water also has high (the attraction of one substance to another) properties because of its polar nature. adhesion of water molecules to plant cell walls counteract gravity while water is transported from roots to leaves.

water exhibits a very high surface tension when compared to other liquids. surface tension is a property of a liquid that holds the surface together and allows it to resist an external force. by capillary action, the water forms concave menisci inside the pores. the high surface tension of water pulls the concavity outwards, generating enough force to lift water from the roots to the leaves of plants.

thus, cohesion, along with adhesion and surface tension creates a capillary action that keeps water molecules interacting and moving through the plants out to the leaf cells.

therefore, option d) is the correct answer.

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