How do catalysts function? a. they protect the products from external reactions. b. they increase the activation energy of an elementary step of a reaction. c. they lower the activation energy of an elementary step of a reaction. d. they react with the solvent and increase its reactivity.

in chemistry, adhesion and cohesion are attractive forces that exist between molecules. they hold the molecules together from each other. they are different in that adhesive force exists between molecules of different substance while cohesive force happens between molecules of same substance.

adhesion between water and glass causes water molecules at the edge of water and glass interface to climb up the wall in a narrow glass tube. this is called capillary action. cohesion is what gives glass its shape and causes water to form a droplet.