Universal Solvent | Cohesion and Adhesion | Density | pH |
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Water can dissolve more chemicals than any other liquid
Why is water called a universal solvent?
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The force that sticks water to water and water to other substances
What is cohesion and adhesion?
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The weight or thickness of a material
What is density?
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The measurement of how acidic or basic something is
What is pH?
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It can hold chemicals, minerals and nutrients that are important to us
Why is the universal solvent important?
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The movement of water, caused by adhesion, cohesion and surface tension
What is capillary action?
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It decreases by about 9%
What happens to water's density when it's frozen?
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x100 as acidic
What is the difference of acidity of pH of 5 compared to a pH of 7?
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They are both polar compounds but the water compound is stronger
What is the reason for salt dissolving quickly in water?
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Capillary action allows for plants to distribute the water they absorb from the ground into their whole bodies
How do plants use capillary action?
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The chemical structure spreads out
Why is ice less dense than water?
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Polution
What can pH indicate in natural water?
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When one part of the compound is positively charged, while the other is negatively charged
What is a polar arrangement?
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Cohesion clumps the water and adhesion sticks it to objects
Why do water drops stick to things?
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It lowers
What happens to the density of water when it is heated?
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0, while 14 is the most basic
What is the most acidic number on a pH scale?
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The water carries and takes away the excess chemicals out, after they've been filtered
How does the solvent property become important to our kidneys' filtering process?
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Using capillary action, the tears climb up small tubes to get into your eyes
How do tears get to our eyes?
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If it wasn't so dense, river's and lakes could freeze from the bottom and wouldn't thaw, even in the summer
What makes the density of water so important?
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It can determine if the living conditions are good enough to sustain life (like fish)
What is the importance of pH to living things?
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