Experience Review - Properties of Water

Which of the following is an example of the cohesion of water?

• a. a paper towel absorbing water off a countertop

• b. a piece of paper sticking to a table because it is wet

• c. a drop of water hanging off the end of a person’s nose

• d. a drop of water beading up on a window during a rainstorm

Cohesion, adhesion, and (a)   are properties of water that make it important to life on Earth.

Plants rely heavily on _______ and ______ to draw water up stems.

• droplet and cohesion

• droplet and molecule

• adhesion and cohesion

• adhesion and molecule

• gravity and cohesion

You spill apple juice on the counter. A few small, rounded drops form. Two drops join and become one.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension

After you wash your hands, water sticks to your skin, making it damp. You wipe your hands with a towel and the water sticks to the towel instead.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension

As tea cools in a much, tiny pieces of dust drift down and settle on top of the surface of the tea, but do not sink.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension

You drop a bay leaf into a pot of hot chicken stock. The leaf lands flat on the surface and floats like a raft.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension

Water on the hood of a car tends to form into drops instead of a thin sheet.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension

Swimmers look like they are wrapped in a bubble of water due to this property.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension

Stems of flowers attract water molecules through _______ and draw the water up the plant.

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface Tension