Water AP Biology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hyrdophilic | attracted to water |
| Hydrophobic | repealed by water |
| Heat capacity | the amount of energy needed to raise a substance's temperature 1 degree. |
| Specific heat capacity | the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius |
| Ice | less dense than liquid water, |
| Cohesion | the attraction between like substances |
| Surface tension | a measure of how difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid |
| Adhesion | the attraction of unlike substances |
| Capillary action | when adhesive and cohesive forces cause water to rise in narrow tubes |
| Heat vaporization | the amount of heat needed to change 1 gram of liquid to gas; Evaporative cooling |
| Solvent | the thing that dissolves in a solution |
| Solute | the substance being dissolved. |
| Aqueuos solution | water is the solvent |
| Saturated solution | when no more solute will be dissolved by the solvent. |
| Super saturated solution | the solution holds more than it normally could. |
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