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When water sticks to a cup as part of a science experiment, the attractive property is a/an _______ property.

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Answer:

Adhesion

Step-by-step explanation:

Technically, you need cohesion(water sticking to itself through attraction of hydrogen bonds) to get adhesion(water sticking to other surfaces through attraction of hydrogen bonds). They are rather intertwined. But for this basic answer, it is adhesion.

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