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Water Property Terms
Water Propery Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Boiling Point | The point where water boils |
| Melting Point | the temperature at which a given solid will melt |
| Freezing Point | The point at which a liquid turns into a solid |
| Specific Heat | The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1g of a substance 1 degree Celsius |
| Imtermolculer Force | Forthat act between stable molecules or between functional groups of macromolcules |
| Molecule | A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical |
| Cohesion | The action or fact of forming a united whole |
| Adhesion | Area of contact btween unklike bodies that acts to hold them together |
| Evaporation | The process by which a liquid changes into a gas |
| Density | a property of matter representing the mass per unit of volume |
| Fresh Water | Water that is not salty and has litlle or no taste, color, or smell. Most Lakes and rivers are made up of fresh water |
| Condensation | Water vapor becoming a liquid |
| Precipitation | Any type of liquid or solid that falls |
| Water Vapor | Water in the form of a gas |
| Surface Tension | The result of an inward pulol among the molecules of a liquid that brings the molcules on the surface closer together |
| Universional Solvent | Water due to its polarity and ability to dissolve may different solutes |
| Solute | The component in a solution dissolved in the solvent |
| Atom | Basic unit of Chemical element |
| Fahrenheit | Scale of temperature, freeze at 32 |
| Refaction | The bending or turning of light waves when it passes through water |
| Reflection | Projuction bakc an image through light without absorbing it |
| Ion | An atom or molecule with a net electic charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons |
| Cation | An ion or group of ions that have a postitive charge |
| Anion | An ion or group of ions that have a negative charge |
| Eletroyole | A chemical compound that breaks into separate ions when it is dissolved or molten to produce an elctrically conductive product |
| Conductivity | Degree at which specific material conducts electicity |
| Polarity | A molcule with a net dipole as an result of the opposing charges |
| Controled Varible | Things in experiment that can controled |
| Independent Varibole | Thing that stays the same thoughout the whole experiment |
| Dependent Varibole | Varibole that depends on the outcome of experiment |