Macmillan Learn
Place the steps of the cohesion-tension hypothesis of long-distance water movement in the order in which they occur, beginning
with the opening of the stomata.
Stomata open in leaves
Water evaporates from mesophyll cell walls within the leaf.
Negative pressure is created at the air-water interface.
Water is pulled out of the xylem into the leaf.
Water potential within the leaf lowers.
Water potential is lower outside of the leaf than inside.
Water enters the root xylem.
The water column in the xylem is pulled up via capillary action.