Question

Explain why olive oil has a higher viscosity than water, by selecting an appropriate word from the provided list and filling in the following blanks.

Oleic acid has a higher viscosity than water because it is a much________ molecule than water with ________ ________.

List of words
-dispersion forces
-dipole-dipole forces
-ion-dipole forces
-smaller
-more polar
-larger

Answer 1

Oleic acid has a higher viscosity than water because it is a much larger molecule than larger dispersion forces