Properties of Water

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What is water?

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A molecular compound composed of 2 parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen.

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What is the chemical formula for water? Options: H20, h₂o, H₂O₂, H₂O

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H₂O

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What is the solid form of water called?

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Water ice

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What is the gaseous form of water called?

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Water vapor

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Is the density of water ice lower, higher, or the same as liquid water?

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Lower

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Why does water ice have a lower density than liquid water?

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Because the molecules expand in volume as water freezes into a crystal

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What is adhesion?

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Water's ability to stick to other substances

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What is cohesion?

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Water's ability to stick to itself

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What is surface tension?

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The strength of the cohesion of all the water molecules combined

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What are abiotic factors?

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All of the non living things in an ecosystem