How do the properties of water support life on earth?
1. Cohesion is the sticking together of similar molecules. Water is very cohesive. This allows water to be pulled along a pathway with relative ease. This helps trees pull water up to the top leaves. 2. Surface Tension and cohesion allows water to pull together and form droplets or form an interface between it and other surfaces. The measure of how hard it is to break this interface is its surface tension. Water allows materials to rest upon it if the surface tension is not broken. Pollen, dust, water insects, and other biological materials are able to remain on the surface of the water because of this tension. 3. Adhesion the sticking of one substance to another along with cohesion produces capillary action which moves water up a thin tube like xylem in plants. 4. Imbibition: The process of soaking into a hydrophilic substance. Water being taken into a sponge, into a seed, into paper towels. 5. High Specific Heat: Specific heat of a substance is the heat needed (gained or lost) to cha
