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Water Properties

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Cohesion   The process by which hydrogen bonds hold water together.  
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Adhesion   The clinging of one substance to another.  
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Surface Tension   A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid.  
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Kinetic Energy   The energy of motion.  
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Heat   A measure of the total amount of kinetic energy due to molecular motion in a body of matter.  
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Temperature   A measure of the intensity of heat due to the average kinetic energy of the molecules.  
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Calorie   The amount of heat it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.  
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Kilocalorie   The amount of heat it takes to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius.  
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Specific Heat   The amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost for 1 gram of the substance to change its temperature by one degree Celsius.  
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Heat of Vaporization   The quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1 gram of the substance to be converted from a liquid to a gas.  
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Evaporative Cooling   The process by which when liquid evaporates, the surface of the liquid remaining cools down.  
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Solution   A liquid that is a completely homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.  
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Solvent   The dissolving medium in a solution.  
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Solute   The substance that is dissolved in a solution.  
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Hydrophilic   Any substance that has an affinity for water.  
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Hydrophobic   Any substance that repels water.  
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