properties of water Flashcards
___________ slight charge at each end
polar
______________ negative charge (slight)
oxygen
________ each with positive charge (slight)
hydrogen
overall charge if h2o molecule is __________
neutral
polarity definition
A condition in which opposite ends of a molecule have slowly opposite charges but the overall charge of the molecules neutral
water molecule ________ other h2o molecules bc of ___________
attract, polarity
____________ ends attract ___________ ends
negative, positive
polarity is why water can ___________ many substances
dissolve
the two parts to any solution are ________ and ___________
solvent and solute
solevnt defintion
Substance that does the dissolving (usually larger of the two)
solute definition
What is getting dissolved (added)
water disslves many substances bc of __________
polarity
hydrogen - ___________ charged ions attracted to __________ charged hydrogen atoms
negative, positive
oxygen - ___________ charged ions attracted to __________ charged oxygen atoms
positive, negative
these ___________ break apart substances in h2o or ___________ them
attractions, dissolve