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Water has a high surface tension. Some insects can stride across the water due to the combination of their legs and the high surface tension of the water. Which property of water best explains the high surface tension?

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Answer:

No lol- it’s cohesion is A property of water that enables the high surface tension. Cohesion is the attraction of water molecules with other water molecules.

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water’s high surface tension is due to its ability to easily hydrogen bond