WHY IS WATER WET?

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I've been asked this question approximately 60 times in the last week. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif My three year old is persistent (what else does he have to do). My wife told him I would post the question on TBN and get a good answer there. After all, that's where papa gets all his information. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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Water is a substance that can exist in three different phazes. The " wet" applies to a substance that has absorbed water or has a film of water adhering to it. Water would be a noun. Wet would be an adverb describing the noun. The word wetting would be an adjetive describing the action of getting wet.

Hope that's write. Memories a little fuzzy.

Egon
 
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Why is water wet?

Because it wouldn't be as much fun if it wasn't.

(I'm still much closer to a 3 year old in spirit)
 
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Water is wet because it sticks to things. As a human, it sticks to us so it seems wet to us. Tar would be wet since it sticks to us, but it sure would be a "thick" wetness /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif. If you were an oil molecule, water wouldn't seem wet to you since it wouldn't "stick" to you .
 
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"Wet" is one of the words we use to describe liquids. Wet is what we feel when a liquid touches our skin. If it were dry, we'd call it dust. Now go ask your mother again. She knows, she just doesn't want to tell you. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Steve
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Now go ask your mother again. She knows, she just doesn't want to tell you. )</font>

Now there is an answer that just may work!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
   / WHY IS WATER WET? #8  
Its because of gravity,I thought every one knew that. RICHARD GAUTHIER
 
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I mean its simple,you fall in the water and get wet,rain falls from the sky,etc. RICHARD GAUTHIER
 
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I bought powdered water but I don't know what to add? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 

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