If you have ever played on a beach and made a sand castle, you used wet sand rather than dry sand. You did this because the ________ of wet sand is greater than that of dry sand.

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Cohesiveness is the ability of particles to stick together, and gravity is the force that pulls particles towards each other. When sand is wet, the water molecules form bridges between the sand particles, which increases the cohesiveness of the sand. This increased cohesiveness allows the sand to form a more stable structure, such as a sand castle.

If You Have Ever Played on a Beach and Made