If you place a paper towel in water, the water will move across the paper towel. which of the following properties best explains why? surface tension adhesion cohesion both adhesion and cohesion

Surface tension.
because the paper towel is very tense, the water maximize the surface area

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.

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