Properties of Water

Front

Why can a water strider skate along the top of a pond?

Back

Hydrogen bonds result in water cohesion (surface tension).

Front

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

Back

adhesion

Front

Molecule in which opposite ends have opposite electric charges

Back

polar molecule

Front

Why does ice float?

Back

As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.

Front

Why is water considered a universal solvent?

Back

Dissolves most substances

Front

Why can water striders walk across the surface of calm water without breaking it?

Back

The insects are light enough so they do not break the hydrogen bonds holding the water molecules together

Front

What is the general definition of cohesion?

Back

particles of the same substance

Front

Term for water having partial positive and partial negative charge?

Back

polarity

Front

Capillary Action

Back

The property of water that allows water to move up a thin tube (or the stem of a plant) by itself

Front

As you add drops of water to the surface of a coin, each drop sticks to the other water droplet because of ________________, and sticks to the penny because of ______________.

Back

cohesion, adhesion