Water as a Solvent

Front

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

Back

Adhesion

Front

What is the term for the substance that dissolves in another substance?

Back

Solute

Front

What do you get when you combine a solute and a solvent?

Back

Solution

Front

Why does ice stay at the top of oceans instead of sinking to the bottom?

Back

Ice is less dense than liquid water.

Front

Is an Alka-Seltzer tablet a solute or solvent when dissolved in water?

Back

Solute

Front

What is the term for the liquid that dissolves a solute?

Back

Solvent

Front

What is the process called when a solute dissolves in a solvent?

Back

Dissolution

Front

What is the term for the attraction between molecules of the same substance, such as water?

Back

Cohesion

Front

What property of water allows it to form droplets?

Back

Surface tension

Front

What is the term for the ability of water to move through small spaces, such as in plants?

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Capillary action