2.5 Cards Flashcards
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What is the difference between cohesion and adhesion?
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Cohesion is when something exhibits attraction towards more pieces or parts of itself. Adhesion is when something exhibit attraction to pieces of other materials.
2
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What is specific heat?
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Specific heat is how much energy is needed to raise one gram of material by one degree Celsius.
3
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How does water’s Hydrogen bonding cause Cohesion?
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Because individual water molecules are attracted to one another, it takes force to move them apart from each other.
4
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How does water’s Hydrogen bonding cause High Specific Heat?
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The bonds make it harder for water molecules to escape into a gaseous form.
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