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Properties of Water
Term | Definition |
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polar | Having a pair of equal and opposite charges. |
density | Mass / Volume |
capillary action | A process powered by adhesion that causes water molecules to move upward through a narrow tube such as the stem of a plant. |
buoyancy | Ability to float |
solution | A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another. |
solvent | Dissolving substance in a solution |
specific heat | The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius |
surface tension | The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on one another. |
Archimedes Principle | the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object |
solute | substance dissolved in a solution |