2.2 Water Flashcards

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Adhesion

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Attraction between any 2 unlike molecules

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Aqueous

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A solution which has water as a solvent

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Xylem

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Carries water and dissolved minerals up the rootsystem to leaves

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Water

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Solvent of life, most living cells live in an acqueus environment

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Non polar bond

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Electrons are negatively charges and nucleus is positively charged, Any electron that are shared equally create a bond the charges cancel and it becomes a non polar bond

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Polar bonding

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Unequal sharing of electrons

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Dipolarity

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Has different charges at each end

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Hydrogen bonds

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Short lived attractions between two molecules of the same or different

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Cohesion

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When molecules of the same type are attracted to eachother

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High specific heat (thermal property)

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Water can absorb or give off a great deal of heat without changing temperature much

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