As you add drops of water to the surface of the penny, each drop sticks to the other water droplet forming a large drop on top of the penny. This is caused by which water property? Question options: adhesion cohesion capillary action

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Muhammad Gray

6 October, 03:18

As you add drops of water to the surface of the penny, each drop sticks to the other water droplet forming a large drop on top of the penny. This is caused by which water property? Question options: adhesion cohesion capillary action

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Yazmin Glass · Answer 1

Yazmin Glass 6 October, 05:46

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They would stick with each other

Conan · Answer 2

the water molecules are like magnets for each other.

Explanation:

This cohesion property results in surface tension. Because water molecules at the surface of the water puddle attract more to one other than they do to the air molecules above them, they cling together and form a dome shape on the coin. Surface tension prevents the water molecules from falling out and spilling