2.2 IB Water

Front

What is the property of water that allows it to dissolve many substances?

Back

Solvent

Front

What type of bonds enable water to be attracted to other substances, resulting in capillary action?

Back

Hydrogen bonds between water and another substance

Front

What term describes molecules that have opposite ends with different electric charges?

Back

Polar molecules

Front

What does it mean for a molecule to be polar?

Back

They have opposite charged ends.

Front

What term describes the attraction of water to other substances?

Back

Adhesion

Front

What is the term for the attraction between water molecules?

Back

Cohesion

Front

What is the phenomenon called when water rises in a narrow tube against gravity?

Back

Capillary action

Front

What is the term for the energy required to change water from liquid to gas?

Back

Heat of vaporization

Front

What property of water allows it to absorb and retain heat?

Back

High specific heat capacity

Front

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

Back

Surface tension