You Walk Down into Your Basement Only to Find That

question 37

Multiple Choice

You walk down into your basement only to find that the carpeting on the floor is damp.Concerned,you look around for any large puddles of water or broken pipes,but find none.In fact,only the basement floor and carpeting is damp.Thinking about the properties of water,you realize that water must have wicked into the porous material,defying gravity.To which properties of water can this effect be attributed?

• A)adhesion and cohesion
• B)adhesion and solubility
• C)adhesion,cohesion,and heat of vaporization
• D)cohesion and solubility

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Definitions:

Taste Buds

Structures along the sides of many of the tongue’s papillae that are composed of 60 to 100 receptor cells for taste.

Olfactory Receptors

Specialized nerve cells located in the nasal cavity that are responsible for the detection of odor molecules, contributing to the sense of smell.

Papillae

Small, nipple-like structures on the tongue where taste buds reside, playing a key role in the sense of taste.

Taste Buds

Small sensory organs found on the tongue, capable of detecting the five types of tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.