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Properties of Water
Test 3
Term | Definition |
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Cohesion | When molecules of something stick to themselves. |
Adhesion | When molecules of something stick to something different. |
Surface Tension | When water or a liquid form a layer of "skin" on the surface. |
Polarity | The unequal sharing of electrons which causes an object to have positive and negative ends. |
Hydrogen Bonds | Bonding between hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms. |
Density | Mass / Volume = Density The compactness of a substance. |
Universal Solvent | Water because it can dissolve many substances. |
Solvent | What is dissolving. |
Solute | What is being dissolved. |