Stickiness: Cohesion and Adhesion
This "sticky" force makes water molecules pull together, letting bugs walk on water like its a flex.
What is Cohesion?
Water resists changes in temperature because it has a high amount of this
What is specifi heat
Water gets this nickname because it can dissolve more substances than any other liquid.
What is the universal solvent?
Water becomes less dense in this state, which is why it floats.
What is solid / ice?
This property allows water to form droplets that bead up on smooth surfaces.
What is surface tension?
This property makes water cling to other surfaces, this is why raindrops stick to windows.
What is Adhesion?
This property explains why coastal areas have mild temperatures compared to inland areas.
What is high specific heat / water moderating climate?
Water dissolves salt because water molecules are this type of molecule—slightly charged.
What is polar?
Water molecules spread out into a crystal structure because of these bonds.
What are hydrogen bonds?
Water climbing up a thin tube is an example of this action.
What is capillary action?
What is Capilary Action?
Because of its high specific heat, water absorbs large amounts of this form of energy before its temperature rises.
What is heat energy?
Substances that dissolve easily in water are described using this term.
What is hydrophilic?
Ice floating insulates lakes in winter, protecting these organisms beneath the surface.
What are aquatic organisms / fish?
Surface tension is strong because water molecules do this to each other at the surface.
What is stick together / cohere?
The curved upper surface of water in a graduated cylinder is caused by this cohesive effect.
What is Surface Tension?
This property of water helps regulate Earth’s climate by slowly releasing stored heat.
What is high specific heat?
When water dissolves something, it forms this type of mixture.
What is a solution?
Because ice expands when it freezes, it can cause this kind of weathering that cracks rocks.
What is frost wedging / ice wedging?
Capillary action is essential for this process in plants, moving water from roots to leaves.
What is transpiration?
This property of water molecules powers cohesion in the first place.
What is an Ionic Bond?
The specific heat of water allows it to keep ecosystems stable in this season, when air temperatures vary wildly.
What is winter?
The ability of water to dissolve materials makes it vital to this body system process that transports nutrients.
What is circulation?
This temperature—water’s freezing point—marks the moment water starts expanding rather than contracting.
What is 0°C
This term describes the upward force in narrow spaces that lets liquid rise against gravity
What is capillary rise / capillary force?