AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Water has an amazing ability to adhere (stick) to itself and to other substances. The property of cohesion describes the ability of water molecules to be attracted to other water molecules, which allows water to be a “sticky” liquid.

Detailed explanation-2: -Water molecules are bent so the hydrogen atoms are to one side of the oxygen atom. and when it come to molecules opposites attract. A bond forms between the negative side of one water molecule and the positive side of another. At that is what gives water its stickiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Depending on how attracted molecules of the same substance are to one another, the substance will be more or less cohesive. Hydrogen bonds cause water to be exceptionally attracted to each other. Therefore, water is very cohesive.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adhesion is caused by electrostatic or mechanical forces that exist among two kinds of different substances. Cohesion is caused by hydrogen bonding and Van der Waals forces.

Detailed explanation-5: -Adhesion is the attraction between the molecules of two different substances, while cohesion is the attraction between the molecules or atoms of the same substance. Water is a compound and substance that exhibits adhesive and cohesive properties due to the polarity of water molecules.