Chapter 2: Water Flashcards
- liquid water forms this
- each water molecule constantly break and reforms H bonds with its neighbors
water lattice
rigid crystalline structure in which each water molecule forms four H bonds, which spaces the water molecules farther apart
ice lattice
amount of heat energy required to increase the temperature of a given quantity of water
specific heat
allows humans and many other organisms to cool off when hot
heat of vaporization
water moderates on large and small scales
heat absorption
tendency of water molecules to “stick” to each other, due to H bond lattice
cohesion
tendency of water molecules to “stick” to the wals of tubes by forming H bonds with charged and polar groups in molecules that form the walls
adhesion
this unbalanced bonding paces the surface water molecules under tension making them more resistant to separation then the underlying water molecules
-water droplets
surface tension
tend to coat the surfaces of other polar and charged molecules and ions
hydration layer
hydration layers reduce attraction between molecules or ions and promote their entry into a _________
solution
water is a?
solvent
dissolved substance is a??
solvent