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    • NZ coin with water on top showing water's surface tension,
    Rights: Angela Schipper Published 22 June 2014 Size: 120 KB Referencing Hub media

    Surface tension is when the surface of a liquid acts like a thin elastic layer. Surface tension causes water to form drops and spheres.

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      Observing water’s thin ‘skin’

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