2007-03-14 00:16:46 · 13 answers · asked by jiju_justus 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It has to do with the surface tension of water molecules. A droplet of water is made up of a bunch of water molecules, which all have a very strong attraction to each other. This is why water always stays together in one form. (Examples: a puddle, a lake, or even the water in a cup) You can think of the droplet as having two parts, the molecules on the surface and the molecules inside. Though there are air molecules above the surface, the water molecules are more attracted to other ones below them, and so an inward force is created. The surface molecules are pulled towards the center, squeezing all the molecules together until they can't squeeze any more. Since all the surface molecules are pulled in at equal forces, the result is a sphere, or a droplet shape.
2007-03-14 01:27:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mocoloco 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Water Drop Shape
2016-10-16 06:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moron telling you to google VSPR is wrong. First it's VESPR and it stands for valence electron shell pair repulsion. It has nothing to do with why water droplets are spherical. Just coz you throw around chemistry terms doesn't make you smart.
Water drops are spherical because they stick to one another. They stick together because of hydrogen bonding. (or like the other guy put it, cohesive force, but hydrogen bonding is more precise.) The reason they aren't other shapes is because each water molecule does not stick together more tightly to another molecule, which would cause an uneven shape. They stick together evenly and thus have a symmetric shape.
2007-03-14 00:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Argh! What easy!!
It happens due to surface tension. Surface tension is that property of a liquid by virtue of which a drop of water behaves as a stretched elastic membrane and in the process tends to occupy minimum surface area. It is also a resultant of a adhesive force. Water has adhesive force which means it can stick to any other substance like a glue. The minimum surface area that a drop can acquire is a sphere.....
which happens due to surface tension.
2007-03-16 23:07:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a mass of water breaks and falls free it is affected by gravitational force, surface tension, and atmospheric pressure.
Because of the fluid nature of water they fall in spherical form pulled by gravitational force., and atmospheric pressure.
2007-03-14 23:39:24 · answer #5 · answered by marsh man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends upon the resultant surface tension acting on the water droplet.the surface tension acting on the water droplet is due to the interaction between the water droplet molecules in contact with the surface on which it is formed and the air.
as the resultant surface tension acting on the water droplet is parrallel to the surface on which it is formed in the direction of the water bulk the the water droplet formed is always spherical
2007-03-14 00:30:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very small droplets are maintained as spheres by surface tension. As the drop get bigger they are more easily deformed to take on any shape.
2007-03-14 01:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water droplets will always be spherical due to surface tension.
2007-03-14 00:36:10 · answer #8 · answered by S . Sushmita 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A freely falling liquid BODY ALWAYS TAKE A SHAPE IN WHICH SURFACE TENSION IS minimum , out of various shpe surface have a minimun surface tension . So, thats a liquid always a spherical shape when falling freely .
2007-03-14 00:32:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Due to surface tention of water molequle .
2007-03-14 00:33:11 · answer #10 · answered by manish j 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋