Environmental Science Teacher Memorize it easily! ● COHESION ● SURFACE TENSION C ● HIGH SPECIFIC S HEAT H ● ADHESION A ● POLARITY P ● EVAPORATIVE COOLING E WATER PROPERTY #1 Water molecules are POLAR
One end of the water
molecule is positively charged, and the other end is negatively charged. POLARITY WATER PROPERTY #2 The cohesive property of water molecules means they are attracted to other molecules of water. WATER PROPERTY #3 The property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force, due to the cohesive nature of its molecules WATER PROPERTY #3 -refers to the tendency of water molecules to be attracted or “stick” to other substances. HIGH SPECIFIC HEAT Specific heat is the amount of heat Specific heat gives an energy required to raise the indication of how temperature of the body per unit of much energy will be mass required to heat or cool an object of a given mass by a given amount. se of u i s beca high It a te r’s ! w the fic heat i spec EVAPORATIVE COOLING - the process of removing heat from the surface due to evaporation of water
- when water turns from
liquid to gas, it’s called evaporation. The molecules vibrate and move quickly that they escape into the atmosphere as molecules of water vapor Importance of Water Properties Why is it important? An effect of cohesion and adhesion is capillary action which is the ability of a liquid to rise in a capillary tube.
They are used to transport water from roots to leaves
Surface tension What’s the of water happens when the SCIENCE behind? molecules of water stick together, as molecules of water are attracted to one another and fight against gravity
When the water gets to the
top, it tends to ride up above the glass rim and create a bubble shape instead of instantly spilling over Is water really a universal solvent? Water has the ability to dissolve many substances but the term “universal solvent" is misleading. Water is able to dissolve other polar molecules and ions, such as sugars and salts. However, nonpolar molecules like oils lack partial positive or partial negative charges, so they are not attracted to water molecules. This is why nonpolar substances like oil remain separate when added to water. Mathematically speaking, what is the value of every drop of water? Studies calculated that a person should drink 3 liters of water a day. That is 60,000 drops of water. If you save two drops of water each day, you will save 730 drops of water a year and 61,320 droplets in your lifetime. That actually can help someone The accepted average volume of a drop of water is exactly live another day. 0.05 mL and it turns out that there are over 1.5x10^21 molecules in a drop of water.