SCIENCE TERMS
SURFACE TENSION MAGIC
100

Tiny building blocks that make up everything around us.

molecules

100

Why does the pepper moves because this force is broken

surface tension

200

The force that makes the top of water act like a skin

surface tension

200

What part of the soap causes water to move away?

Hydrophobic part of the soap


300

A word that means "water-fearing" or not mixing with water

hydrophobic

300

What carries the pepper away when the soap touches the water?

moving water molecules

400

What happens when something disappears in liquid but is still there

dissolve. 

400

Why doesn’t the pepper clump together or sink?

because it’s hydrophobic and floats on the surface tension?

500

The reason pepper floats on water instead of sinking.

Because pepper is hydrophobic and supported by surface tension.

500

What is the opposite of hydrophobic. 

Hydrophilic.