Water Properties

What are the

Properties of
Water?

Other
Properties

Water is the solvent of Life! It is the Universal Solvent.

Cohesion water attracted to other water molecules

because of polar properties.

Adhesion water attached to other materials

Surface Tension water is pulled together creating the

smallest surface area possible

Capillary Action Waters adhesive property is the cause

of capillary action. Water is attracted to some other
material and then through cohesion, other water molecules
move too as a result of the original adhesion.

High Heat Capacity Store a lot of heat.

Density Less Dense as a solid! Because the hydrogen

bonds are stables in ice each molecule of water is bound
for four of its neighbors.
Salinity total amount of solid material dissolved in water.