Water and Life

H2O molecules

They allow ________ to hold together through cohesion and thus act against the force of gravity to move from the roots of a plant to the leaves through water conducting vessels.

liquid result

The ________ of a solvent and solute in a homogenous mixture is a solution.

Substances

________ with ionic /polar regions can usually dissolve in water.

Evaporative cooling

________: when a liquid evaporates and the surface left behind cools.

Cohesion

________: H- bonding between like molecules.

H bonds

________ are responsible for waters property of transpiration.

Capillary action

the movement of water within porous material due to adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension

Solute

dissolved substance

Water

versatile solvent

Hydrogen bond

: O- will bond with H+ on a different molecule of H2O

H2O can form up to 4 bonds