Water and it's Properties

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Water's movement through substances (e.g., paper towel, tree roots to leaves) is called?

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Capillary action

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Why does ice float?

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Ice is less dense than liquid water.

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Word for water's attraction to other substances?

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adhesion

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Molecule with opposite electric charges at each end

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polar molecule

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Substance that dissolves another?

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Solvent

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Elements in water?

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Hydrogen and oxygen.

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Attractions between water molecules are called

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Hydrogen bonds

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Attraction causing liquids to form drops on films; water's attraction to itself.

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cohesion

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Why does ice float?

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As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.

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Water is a universal solvent because it...

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Dissolves most substances