Is water wet? Throughout the LHS halls this question has been up for debate. After taking a poll, with 30 students involved, it was tied 15 votes for it being wet and 15 votes for it not being wet. With this debate being so controversial, we asked for some LHS attendee’s opinions.

Kathryn Sweeter, 10:

“Yes, water is obviously wet because you cannot start with something that is dry, pour it on something else and make that thing wet; therefor, water is wet.”

Padmashree Baireddy, 11:

“No, being wet is define as “being covered or saturated with water or another liquid,” and water is not covered in a liquid it is a liquid itself.”

Easton Plourde, 10:

“No, that is a tremendously dumb question. Does a straw have one or two holes?”

Isaac Benson, 10:

“Yes, if water is not wet, than snow is not cold.”

Gavin LeMier, 12:

“Yes, water is obviously not wet that is plain as day.”

Nyah Thaemert, 10:

“No, water itself is not wet. For example, blood is blue but turns red when it comes in contact with oxygen. Water is not wet, but when it comes in contact with something else than that surface is wet, but the water itself is not wet.”

Caroline Sudbeck, 10:

“Water is most definitely is not wet because is just a feeling not an actual state. The water feels wet, but that is just it’s consistency.”

After hearing both sides of this argument, is water wet? It is up to you to decided.