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    Undergrad What Forces Encourage Liquid Down a Straw?

    Ok, I did not take thermodynamics and my internet searching made little headway but gave me more questions. When you drink out of a straw - you apply a suction force overcome the force of gravity. The moment that you stop "sucking" - the liquid goes back down the straw. What is the force...