Properties of liquid - 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.

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

• adhesion
• cohesion
• capillary action
• solubility

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Attractions between water molecules are called

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

Which characteristic of water will allow a paperclip to remain floating on water when the paperclip is gently placed on top of the water?

• adhesion
• surface tension
• solvent properties
• nonpolar

Rain drops are spherical in shape because of

• low temperature
• Surface Tension
• Viscosity
• External forces

Surface tension is the ______force that tends to ________the surface area of a liquid.

• inward

  minimize

• inward

  minimize

• outward

  maximize

• outward

  maximize

• inner

  keep

Define a surfactant. The following are true about it.

• wetting agents

• such as soap or detergent.

• drying agent

• all of them