Question

While water likes to stick to itself, it also likes to stick to other substances. Water’s attraction to molecules of other kinds is called adhesion. When you dip the corner of a paper towel in water, you can see that the water quickly adheres to the paper. It eventually soaks the entire towel, even though you only dipped a small piece in the water. The water climbs up the spaces between and inside the paper fibers. Water’s ability to climb upward against the force of gravity is called capillary action.

When you use a dishcloth to clean up spilled water on the counter, what is happening to the liquid?

A
Water drips all onto the ground due to gravity.

B
Water moves into the fibers of the dishcloth.

C
Water gets pushed around by the dishcloth.

D
Nothing; the water only sticks to itself.

Answer 1

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B

Water moves into the fibers of the dishcloth.