Can someone help answer this? thanks! if surface tension relies on intermolecular forces, how could you make surface tension decrease?
(think about how and where molecules bind to each other)

We could make the surface tension to decrease by removing and causing a disruption to the intermolecular forces(hydrogen bonds).

Explanation:

To explain this answer, we will consider an experiment whereby a paper clip is made to rest at the top surface of water inside a container/beaker.

First of all, the intermolecular forces present in water are also known as hydrogen bonds.

It's relationship with surface tension is that when there is high surface tension in the water, this high tension will allow the paper clip to rest on top of the hydrogen bonds present at the top surface in between the water molecules.

However, the surface tension will decrease when we remove or cause a disruption to the intermolecular forces (hydrogen bonds).

no, i was listening to water by schoolboy q while and i saw this question

explenation:

water isn't wet. wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being. we, or our possessions, 'get wet'. a less impinging sense experience of water is that it is cold or warm, while visual experience tells us that it is green or blue or muddy or fast-flowing. we learn by experience that a sensation of wetness is associated with water: 'there must be a leak/i must have sat in something.'