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vocab - water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adhesion | the occurence of water sticking to other materials |
| cohesion | the occurence of water sticking to other water molecules via hydrogen bonds |
| polar molecule | a compound with one negatively charged side and one positively charged side |
| hydrogen bond | hyrdrogen atoms attract the negative oxygen of another water to make water molecules attract one another |
| surface tension | a thin "skin" on the water caused by cohesion |
| capillary action | the process of moving water up through a plant stem using cohesion and adhesion |
| specific heat capacity | the amount of heat required to change the temperature of a unit mass of a given substance by a unit amount (degree) |
| expansion upon freezing | as water freezes, molecules move away from eachother, causing a volume increase |
| universal solvent | water can dissolve almost anything |