The sap in trees, which consists mainly of water in summer, rises in a system of capillaries of radius r = 2.5*10^-5 m. The surface tension of sap is T = 7.28*10^-2Nm^-1 and the angle of contact is 0°. Does surface tension alone account for the supply of water to the top of all trees?

Surface tension is the force acting on the surface of the liquid.

Bernoulli's principle states that in a steady flow, the sum of pressure, kinetic energy per unit volume, and potential energy per unit volume remains constant.

Yes, the Mechanical properties of fluids class 11th physics is important in NEET. On average, 1-2 questions would be asked from this chapter, which you can cover from the Class 11th Mechanical Properties of Fluids notes.

The main mechanical properties of fluids are exerting pressure, resisting flow or viscosity, forming surface tension, following Bernoulli's principle, and moving in a streamline.

Since velocity does not change, so acceleration will be zero.

mg = FB + Fv $\Rightarrow \frac{4\pi }{3}{r}^3\rho g=\frac{4\pi }{3}{r}^3\sigma g+6\pi \eta rv$

$\Rightarrow v=\frac{2r^2\left(\rho -\sigma \right)g}{9\eta }=\frac{2\times 0.1\times 0.1\times 10^{-6}\times \left(10^4-10^3\right)\times 10}{9\times 1.0\times 10^{-5}}$

$\Rightarrow h=\frac{400}{2g}=20m$