Water Properties

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Water is able to travel upwards inside the veins of plants. Why is this? Capillary Action (wrong answers: High Specific Heat, Surface Tension, Crystalline Structure, Capillary Action)
When we sweat, water evaporates from you skin taking some heat with it. What water property is responsible for this? High Specific Heat (wrong answers: Surface Tension, Cohesion, High Specific Heat, Polarity)
Water bugs are able to sit on top of water. What water property allows for this? Surface Tension (wrong answers: High Specific Heat, Surface Tension, Polarity, Capillary Action)
When water is warm, sugar is able to dissolve within it. What water property allows sugar to dissolve in it? Polarity (wrong answers: Surface Tension, Polarity , High Specific Heat, Crystalline Structure)
When we spill water, we use paper towels to absorb the mess. What water property allows water to be absorbed by paper towels? Adhesion (wrong answers: Cohesion, Adhesion, Polarity , Surface Tension)
When you get oil on you cooking pan, water alone does nothing to remove it. What property of OIL does not allow it to remove water? Non-polarity (wrong answers: Non-polarity, Polarity, High Specific Heat, Capillary Action)
I covered my new shoes in wax and now when water gets on them, the water beads up and slides off, protecting my shoe. What property causes the water to bead up? Cohesion (wrong answers: Capillary Action, Crystalline Structure, Adnesion, Cohesion)