AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Water striders are small insects that are adapted for life on top of still water, using surface tension to their advantage so they can “walk on water.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Water striders are able to walk on top of water due to a combination of several factors. Water striders use the high surface tension of water and long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above water. Water striders use this surface tension to their advantage through their highly adapted legs and distributed weight.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hydrogen bonds create the ‘stickiness’ of water, causing the property of cohesion. These bonds are even stronger at the surface of water because there are fewer molecules to bond with, and this creates the surface tension that allows insects to walk on water.

Detailed explanation-4: -Small insects such as water strider can walk on water due to which phenomenon (choose the best one) A. Viscosity.

Detailed explanation-5: -But for tiny creatures, surface tension-the force created when water molecules cling together-becomes dominant, allowing insects and other small animals to walk effortlessly over ponds and other liquid bodies.