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Ebrown

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When you place a stick in water and remove it, the stick is wet. If you instead place it in mercury the opposite occurs. The stick is dry. This is because adhesive forces are greater
 
  A) between stick and water.
  B) between the stick and mercury.
  C) between the mercury and the water.
  D) none of the above

Question 2

The attraction between unlike substances is called
 
  A) adhesion.
  B) cohesion.
  C) depends on the substances.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

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Answer: A





 

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