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Water EDMS Boyd

TermDefinition
Evaporation Liquid molecules becoming gaseous, e.g water to water vapor.
Condensation Gas becoming liquids on windows, e.g water vapor to water.
Transpiration Plants letting water vapor out of their leaves.
Specific Heat Amount of heat needed to raise a substance by 1 degree Celsius.
Freezing Point The temperature where a substance freezes.
Boiling Point The temperature where a liquid boils.
Solution A mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another.
Solvent The part of a solution that is present in the largest amount and dissolves a solute; it DOES the dissolving.
Solute The part of a solution present in a lesser amount and dissolved by the solvent; this GETS DISSOLVED by another substance.
Polar Molecule A molecule that has electrically charged areas.
Surface Tension The tightness across the surface of water caused by the polar water molecules pulling on each other.
Cohesion When water molecules attract to each other because of unlike charges. (negative to positive)
Adhesion The process of water molecules sticking to other substances.
Density The amount of mass in a given space.
Pores Tiny openings in and between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water.
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