The attraction between water molecules to each other, arising from hydrogen bonding, is called:

1. Water molecules constantly form and break hydrogen bonds with neighbouring water molecules, producing surface tension and other effects. 2. The text states: "In cohesion, water molecules are attracted to each other (because of hydrogen bonding), keeping the molecules" together. 3. Adhesion instead describes attraction between water and a different substance, and capillary action is the resulting upward movement in narrow tubes -- both related, but not the same term as water-to-water attraction. 4. So water molecules attracting each other via hydrogen bonding is specifically called cohesion. _Source: OpenStax Biology Ch 2 "The Chemical Foundation of Life", p.49 §2.2 | Water_