Moderation of Temperature
The measure of heat capacity, or the energy required to heat up one gram of something 1C
What is specific heat?
NaCl, an easily dissoluble solution in water
What is salt?
When water molecules stick to other water molecules
What is cohesion?
Due to the oddity of density of water, ice does this when on top of water
what is floating?
This element is more electronegative than the hydrogen in water molecules, causing electrons to stay on its side of the molecule
The reason that water has such a high heat capacity, an effect of water's unique structure
What are hydrogen bonds?
The chemical structure of water
What is H2O?
When water molecules stick to other things
What is Adhesion?
Water molecules do this when they freeze from a liquid to a solid
What is expansion?
An electrostatic connection between water molecules
What are hydrogen bonds?
Measure of the average amount of kinetic energy molecules hold
What is Temperature?
A universal solvent does this to many compounds and molecules
What is dissolution?
measure of how difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid
what is surface tension?
The point in which water becomes a solid and starts to become less dense
what is the freezing point?
Due to the unique shape of a water molecule, it has a positive side and a negative side
what is polarity?
High-heat water evaporation causing remaining surface water to cool, found in larger bodies of water
What is Evaporative Cooling?
An attractive force between ions
What is an ionic bond?
Group of organisms that live using the surface tension of water
What is the neuston?
The action that causes hydrogen bonds to not have enough energy to break, making them become locked together
what is freezing?
The maximum amount of bonds that each water molecule can have
what is the number four?
Term for the amount of energy required to turn a liquid into a gas
What is heat of vaporization?
The split of a molecule when it is being dissolved
What is dissociating?
Polar water molecules attaching to polar macromolecules and other polar molecules, causing moving water to "glide" over these attached molecules
What is adhesion?
Warmer waters that are on top of cooler waters during the summer months
What is stratification?
The non-contact attraction between charged objects IN GENERAL (Not specific to water, although water has a specific name for this attraction due to the atoms present in water molecules)
What is an electrostatic attraction?