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)