Adhesion, Cohesion & Surface Tension

Surface tension is the property of water in which...

• water molecules at the surface tend to stick together.

• water spills easily.

• water tends to be see-through.

Refer to the picture of water sticking to a leaf; this is occurring because of:

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

Describe COHESION.

• Water molecules attracted to other substances.

• Water molecules climbing upwards against the force of gravity.

• Water molecules dissolving many substances because of its polarity.

• Water molecules attracted to other water molecules.

What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen
• Hydrogen and oxygen
• helium and carbon
• oxygen and carbon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

Attractions between water molecules are called

• Covalent bonds
• Ionic bonds
• Polar bonds
• Hydrogen bonds

tendency of molecules of the same kind to stick to one another

• cohesion
• adhesion
• solution
• polar molecule

molecule in which opposite ends have opposite electric charges

• cohesion
• polar molecule
• hydrogen bond
• solution

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which end of the water molecule has a slightly positive charge?

• the oxygen end
• the hydrogen end
• both ends are slightly positive
• neither end is positive

Water droplets take a spherical shape (as pictured) because of ____________

• adhesion
• cohesion
• capillary action
• solubility