Properties of Water

Front

What is the amount of mass per unit volume called?

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Density

Front

What do we call the attraction between molecules of different substances?

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Adhesion

Front

In what state of matter does water exist between 0 and 100 degrees Celsius?

Back

Liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

What property of water allows it to dissolve many substances?

Back

Polarity

Front

What is the term for the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius?

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Specific heat

Front

What is the term for the attraction between molecules of the same substance?

Back

Cohesion

Front

What is the process called when water moves up through a narrow space against gravity?

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Capillary action

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

What is the term for the force that causes the surface of a liquid to behave like a stretched elastic membrane?

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Surface tension

Front

What is the term for a substance that can dissolve other substances?

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Solvent

Front

What is the term for the substance that is dissolved in a solution?

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Solute