The water strider is an insect that skates across the water without sinking. the tips of its feet must be coated with molecules that are

The correct answer is microscopic hairs.

Explanation:

For avoid the sinking, the legs of the water strider have a thousands of microscopic hairs with tiny groves. In consequence, the presence of this huge amount of microscopic hairs increases the water resistance of the water strider's feets, resulting in an increase of the general buoyancy of the water strider.

answer : one can design an experiment using a liquid and an additive that can be added to the liquid and observe the chemical changes in the reaction species.

one would need a beaker which is filled with a known amount of the liquid in which thermometer is placed to measure the temperature changes; after addition of the additive to the liquid solution one can note down the temperature change and find whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic in nature. by subtracting the initial temperature value with the final temperature one can find the temperature changes.

various combinations of liquid and additive can be used. liquid in this case can be a known quantity of water and additives can be epsom salt or without epsom salt the experiment can be conducted to notice the changes. water and ice, hydrogen peroxide and dry yeast, vinegar and baking soda,etc.