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Prevents surfaces in contact from sliding past each other?
Sliding friction prevents surfaces in contact from sliding past each other.
Why is a lubricant used when metals rub against each other?
These substances are caused to insinuate themselves between the surfaces, and have the property of so separating them as to prevent serious abrasion. The solid and semi-solid lubricants seem to act as rollers between the surfaces, or form a film between them which itself suffers abrasion or friction. The liquid lubricants, however, maintain themselves as liquid films between the surfaces, upon which the bearing floats
What property of water allows liquids to climb?
This is due to capillary action and it found usually in tiny tubes. If the water wets the sides of the tube, it will rise. Water is said to be "sticky" and will adherd to surfaces and to other water molecules.
Why does wet paint bead up on some shiny smooth surfaces and spread evenly over other surfaces?
becuase it does
What measure describes the amount of gravitational force of an object?
The measure that describes the amount of gravitational force of an object is its mass. Mass is a fundamental property of matter that determines the amount of gravitational force it exerts on other objects. The greater the mass of an object, the stronger its gravitational force.
Which of the following terms describes water molecules sticking to other water molecules?
cohesion
What is a property that describes how matter can react with other kinds of matter?
chemical property
What property describes the ability of a substance to change into other substances?
chemical property.
What describes the way a substance reacts with other substances?
Chemical Property
What is the property that describes how readily a substance combines with other substances?
reactivity
Why would have wet surfaces on the inside of the lungs be useful?
It allows the lungs to inflate and deflate without the "walls" sticking to each other, acting as a lubricant.
What is the property that describes how readliy a substance combines chemicaly with other substances?
reactivity
What is the property that describes how readily a substance chemically combines with other substances?
reactivity
A property describes how a substance acts when it reacts with other substances?
Chemical equation
What is the property that describes how readily a substance combines chemically with other substance?
Reactivity is the property that describes how readily a substance combines chemically with other substances. Reactivity is also referred to as the rate at which a chemical substance tends to undergo a chemical reaction.
What is something that has the property of attracting iron and certain other materials by virtue of a surrounding field of force?
This describes a magnet.
What are properties describes how a substance interact with other substance?
The property that involves how a substance interacts with other substances is known as chemical property. This is what will cause chemical changes during reactions.
