Which best explains why water boils in a pot sitting over fire? heat energy is created from the thermal energy in the air. heat energy is transferred from the water to the fire. thermal energy from the fire moves to the water in the form of heat. thermal energy from the surrounding air moves to the water.

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The statement that best explains why water boils in a pot sitting over fire is that Thermal energy from the fire moves to the water in the form of heat.

Heat is the energy that is transferred when the boundary of a thermodynamic system is crossed.

Heat is transferred by different mechanisms.

In water boiling in a pot sitting over fire, the fire has a higher temperature than the water, so heat flows from the fire to the pot and then to the water.

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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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the volume increases