Water Properties

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What is the term for water's ability to defy gravity and climb up a tube?

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Capillary Action

Front

Why do large bodies of water not quickly fluctuate in temperature?

Back

Water has a high heat capacity.

Front

Which of the following is the CORRECT list of water's properties?

Back

adhesion, cohesion, high specific heat, universal solvent

Front

What does it mean that water is polar?

Back

It is a molecule with opposite charges on opposite ends.

Front

What kind of molecule is water?

Back

Polar Covalent

Front

What is adhesion in the context of water?

Back

The attraction between water molecules and other substances.

Front

What is cohesion in the context of water?

Back

The attraction between water molecules to each other.

Front

What is specific heat?

Back

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance.

Front

What is the universal solvent?

Back

Water, because it can dissolve many substances.

Front

How does water's high heat capacity benefit the environment?

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It helps regulate temperature in ecosystems.