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Alex
May 17, 2015

It is water's ability to hold together.

This is called cohesion. Cohesion is when polar water molecules hold together through attraction. (this is why water falls in droplets). Surface tension can only hold so many molecules (varies depending on the size and type of surface) before it breaks.

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