5 Properties Of Water

Question: Cohesion and adhesion-

Answer: Adhesion- water sticks to other things.

Cohesion- water sticks to itself

Trees depend on A to get water from roots to leaves. Insects depend on C to make a film they can skate on.

Question: Temperature Moderation

Answer: Water resists a change in temperature

Temp of large bodies of water are moderated

Question: Low density of ice

Answer: solid less dense than liquid water.

glaciers float

Question: Water dissolves other substances

Answer: solvent- substance the solute is dissolved in

Water is the main solvent in cells

Question: Acids, Bases, and pH

Answer: acids donate Hydrogen ions to water

bases donate hydroxide ions

Water is the only neutral substance (7 on pH scale)