Water Vocab

Scale with values from 0 to 14, used to measure the concentration of H+ ions in a solution; a pH of 0 to 7 is acidic, a pH of 7 is neutral, and a pH of 7 to 14 is basic

• Polarity

• ph Scale

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

Mixture that is consistent throughout; also called a homogeneous mixture

• Polarity

• Solution

• Solute

• Cohesion

Attraction between molecules of different substances

• Adhesion

• Hydrogen Bond

• Solution

• Cohesion

A negatively charged ion made of oxygen and hydrogen (OH-)

• Hydrogen Ion

• Hydroxide Ion

• Hydrogen Bond

• Concentration

Attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom and a slightly negative atom

• Adhesion

• Hydrogen Bond

• Hydroxide Ion

• Hydrogen Ion

Substance in which solutes dissolve and that is present in greatest concentration in a solution

• Solvent

• Solution

• Polarity

• Solute

Tendency of water to rise in a thin tube due to adhesion and cohesion

• Hydrogen Bond

• Capillary Action

• Concentration

• Hydroxide Ion

Molecules having uneven distribution of charges

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Polarity

• Solution

Attraction between molecules of the same substance

• Adhesion

• Solution

• Hydrogen Bond

• Cohesion

H2O

• Surface Tension

• Capillary Action

• Concentration

• Chemical Formula of Water