Water Section Three Unit 1

Question 1

Hydrogen bond

Answer 1

The type of attraction that holds two water molecules together

Question 2

Adhesion

Answer 2

The attractive force between unlike substances

Question 3

Cohesion

Answer 3

An attractive force between particles of the same kind

Question 4

Capillarity

Answer 4

The reaction of a liquid surface with a solid; capillarity allows water to creep up the interior of a narrow vessel

Question 5

Organic compounds

Answer 5

Contain carbon atoms that are covalently bonded to other carbon atoms and to other elements. Typically hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

Question 6

Functional groups

Answer 6

A structural building block that determines the characteristics of a chemical compound

Question 7

Alcohol

Answer 7

An organic compound with a hydroxyl group attached to one of its carbon atoms

Question 8

Monomers

Answer 8

Small simpler molecules

Question 9

Polymers

Answer 9

Complex molecules that consists of repeated linked units

Question 10

Macromolecules

Answer 10

Large polymers

Question 11

Condensation reaction

Answer 11

A chemical reaction, also called dehydration synthesis, in which one molecule of water is produced

Question 12

Hydrolysis

Answer 12

The breakdown of some complex molecules such as polymers

Question 13

Adenosine triphosphate

Answer 13

ATP

Question 14

Polar compound

Answer 14

A compound with one side having a negative charge and the other side a positive charge