Question

A diver is able to cut through water in a swimming pool . Which property of matter does this observation show :

Answer 1

Hint: The swimming pool contains water which is liquid . Now according to the different properties of liquid which basically helps the diver to cut through the water in the swimming pool. This occurs due to the intermolecular space. Intermolecular space means the space between the two atoms or molecules.

Complete step by step answer:
Water is a liquid in which the intermolecular arrangement is not very compact which means molecules are little apart from each other . Due to this property of liquid the diver is able to pass through the water in the swimming pool.
 The intermolecular space is maximum in gases and minimum in case of solid. That is why if instead of water, ice was present the diver would not be able to pass through it due to the compact nature of solid.

Additional Information:
Liquid is incompressible and it takes the shape of the container in which it is poured. So, It retains the constant volume but not definite shape. In the liquid surface the molecules which are present at the surface tend to feel a force which tries to pull them into the body of the liquid. due to this the liquid always tries to take the shape of a small surface area. This force which tends to control the shape is known as surface tension. Also the liquid molecules experience a cohesion force which is actually from all the direction of the molecules. There is another term which is known as adhesion which is the force experienced by the molecules of liquid and also this force is larger than that of the cohesion force . the liquid tends to wet the surface of the solid; this is the reason behind it . Like a paper gets wet by water this is due to adhesion .

Note:
Water wets the glass body this occurs due to adhesion . When water is present in a tube the meniscus formed by the water is always upward which is due to the forces getting balanced which are the cohesion force and the gravitational force .