8.6C Properties of Water Notes Flashcard (KS)

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How do the properties of cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension in water help insects?

Back

They allow insects to walk on water.

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Which property of water is responsible for the formation of water droplets?

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Surface tension

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What is one way the properties of water help plants?

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They help transport water in plants.

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Why do water molecules behave in certain ways according to the material?

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Because they like to stick to each other and to other surfaces

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What is cohesion?

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The property of matter that makes molecules of the same substance stick together.

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In water, what does cohesion cause water molecules to do?

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Attract and join with other water molecules.

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What is the result of cohesion in water?

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Water clumps in drops rather than spreading out into thin layers.

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What best describes the attraction involved in water cohesion?

Back

Attraction between water molecules.

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What does cohesion cause water molecules to do?

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Stick together and form dew droplets

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What is the property of adhesion?

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The property that makes molecules of different substances stick together.