Astudent is investigating the affect of different salts on melting points. four patches of ice of equal size are roped off and a different type of salt is poured on each, one receives table salt (nacl), one receives calcium chloride (cacl2), one receives potassium carbonate (kco3) and the fourth receives inert sand instead. each patch receives an equal amount of salt or sand. the student measures the volume of ice remaining and subtracts it from the original volume of ice to see how much melted away. what is a control variable in this experiment?

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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.