Properties of Water

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Why is carbon able to form a large number of different molecules?

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Carbon can form four covalent bonds.

Front

Which characteristic allows carbon atoms to form chains and rings with other carbon atoms?

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Carbon can form four covalent bonds.

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Which property of water is most responsible for plants being able to transport water from their roots to their leaves? Options:

The attraction between molecules

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A capacity to dissolve many substances

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The ability to form a low-density crystalline structure when frozen

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A capacity to absorb large amounts of energy as temperature increases

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The attraction between molecules

Front

Which property of water makes the movement of water possible from the roots to the leaves of a plant?

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Cohesion

Front

Which property of water allows a water strider to walk on its surface?

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Cohesion

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Water has a high specific heat, which means that it requires a great deal of heat to change its temperature.

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The water that covers over 70% of the Earth's surface stabilizes the weather and climate of the Earth.

Front

Why is water so important to cells?

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Almost all the chemical reactions in life processes occur in solutions with water.

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The freezing point of water is 0°C, and the boiling point is 100°C. This range of temperatures can be found naturally on the Earth, which means that:

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water can exist in all three states on Earth

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Molecule that has regions of opposite partial charge.

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Polar molecule

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An atom with a positive or negative charge

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ion