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meagbuch

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A fluid can be:
 a. a liquid but not a solid or a gas.
  b. a solid but not a liquid or a gas.
  c. a gas but not a liquid or a solid.
  d. a gas or a liquid but not a solid.
  e. a liquid or a solid but not a gas.

Question 2

Which best describes the property of surface tension in the examples pictured here?
 a. Neighboring molecules of the liquid bond to each other, forming a flexible atomic sheet at the surface.
  b. Molecules at the surface have different properties than atoms surrounded on all sides by other atoms.
  c. At a surface, the interaction between air molecules and the fluid create the surface tension.
  d. The surface tension pulls molecules out from the center of a liquid to the surface.
  e. The surface tension only occurs at high temperatures.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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