Water 1.1

Question 1

What type of ion is water?

Answer 1

Inorganic ion

Question 2

Water molecules are dipole. What does this mean?

Answer 2

Positively charged end (hydrogen) and negatively charged end (oxygen) but no overall charge.

Water is also POLAR

Question 3

Describe hydrogen bonds

Answer 3

• Form between + on hydrogen atom and - on oxygen atom
• are weak on their own but are strong in large amounts (lattices)
• they are difficult to separate in large amounts

Question 4

What are the 8 properties of water?

Answer 4

• Solvent
• Metabolite
• High specific heat capacity
• High latent heat of vaporisation
• Cohesion
• High surface tension
• High density
• Transparent