Like Magnets
Bonds
Biological significance
100
Water is attracted to other water molecules
What is Cohesion
100
This bond holds H and O together
What is a Covalent bond
100
Allows ice to float (which insulates water so many plants and animals are not frozen)
What is Density
200
The tendency of dissimilar molecules to cling together
What is Adhesion
200
Weak "bonds" between molecules
What are hydrogen bonds
200
Water is the main transport medium for dissolved nutrients
What is a solvent
300
What is the following bond? H20-----H2O
What is Hydrogen Bonding
300
Quality of water that allows it to make hydrogen bonds
What is polarity (partial positive/negative)
300
Water molecules form a chain in delivering moisture to the top of a tree or through the blood stream
What is Cohesion
400
Measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid
What is Surface tension
400
This bond creates polarity
What is a Covalent bond
400
Helps water climb up the thin tubes of plants
What is Adhesion
500
These help deliver water from the roots to the leaves
What is Cohesion and Adhesion
500
These bonds make it difficult to heat up water
What is Hydrogen bonds
500
Organisms rely on this to cool of their body
What is High heat of vaporization
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