Questioning and Investigating: Critical and Reflective Thinking:

Conjecture: Is water wet?

-Yes, but depends on how one defines what wet is.

Examples and ideas to agree:

• If “wet” refers to “being made of liquid or moisture” than water is wet (Deductive)
•  “Water is wet because when something is wet, it has water on it and on a molecular level, water molecules are bonded on top of each other, therefore water is wet.” – Erica Drufva’s opinion (Water can surround and cover itself) (Deductive)

Counterexample:

• If “wet” is a descriptor of things that liquid touches then the floor can be wet but the water itself is not wet. Anything in contact with water is “wet” but water by itself is not (Inductive)

Concluding comments:

As water can surround itself and fits my own definition of wet I believe it to be wet.