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Water shows surface tension due to

Option: 1

Cohesion


Option: 2

Adhesion


Option: 3

Both


Option: 4

None


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Properties of Water

  • Water is an important constituent of biochemistry, the study of biological reactions.
  • Cells contain approximately 70-90% water.
  • Water molecules cling to each other due to hydrogen bonding.
  • Water plays a role as an important solvent and determines the pathway taken by the water. 
  • Those molecules that can attract water are said to be hydrophilic.
  • Nonionized and nonpolar molecules that cannot attract water are said to be hydrophobic.
  • Water molecules are cohesive and adhesive.
  • Due to cohesion, water shows surface tension. 
  • Water has a high heat capacity.
  • Water is not a linear molecule. It has a bent shape. This is because the highly electronegative oxygen pulls the electrons from the hydrogen closer and gains a partial negative charge. This makes hydrogen partially positive. 

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Water molecules cling to each other due to hydrogen bonding. Due to cohesion, water shows surface tension.

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