Water Properties vocab

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Water heats up slowly due to:

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high specific heat

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Water forms droplets due to

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cohesion

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Water moves up in plants due to:

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capillary action

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Adhesion:

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Attraction between different molecules.

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Property explaining water's cohesion

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polarity

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Pepper floats on water due to

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surface tension

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Water soaks through a paper towel due to

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capillary action

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Chemical structure of water:

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2 hydrogens and 1 oxygen

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Sugar, salt, and baking soda dissolve in water because water is the

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universal solvent

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Positively charged part of a water molecule?

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hydrogen