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Adhesion and Cohesion

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A water bug on the surface of the water.

Adhesion or Cohesion?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

2.

Which term describes the property of water being attracted to other substances?

a)

Capillary Action

b)

Cohesion

c)

Adhesion

d)

Surface Tension

e)

Attraction

3.

Use the picture of water droplets on a leaf to determine the occurring cause:

a)

Traction

b)

Cohesion

c)

Adhesion

d)

The leaf is sticky

4.

What defines the tendency of molecules of the same kind to stick to one another?

a)

Solutions

b)

Adhesion

c)

Polar Molecules

d)

Cohesion

5.

Water can stick to glass, because of Cohesion or Adhesion?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

6.

Which answer BEST describes the definition of cohesion?

a)

Sticking to stuff

b)

An attraction to molecules of the same substance

c)

The attraction of molecules to different substances

d)

Water on an object

7.

Which Answer BEST describes the definition of adhesion?

a)

The adherence of tape, glue, and other materials

b)

Objects having the ability to stick to water

c)

The ability of water molecules to attract toward each other

d)

A pool of water

8.

Water droplets take a spherical shape (as shown below), because of what?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Capillary Action

c)

Cohesion

d)

Solubility