Water Flashcards
Define adhesion
Sticking together of particles to another substance
Define cohesion
Sticking together of particles of the same substance
Define capillary action
The desire to climb upwards by traveling and spreading through cohesion and adhesion
Defined low density solid
A solid that is less dense than liquid form
Define surface tension
How difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid
Define high specific heat
The amount of heat energy needed to increase the temperature of the substance by 1°
What would happen without low density solid
Entire Lakes would freeze over
What would happen without capillary action
Trees would die as well as plants because water would not spread throughout the roots and give nutrition to the trees and plants
What would happen without surface tension
All objects including light would sink to the bottom of water
What would happen without high specific heat
We would die because it helps us maintain constant body temperatures
What would happen without cohesion
Bodies of water would not exist
What would happen without adhesion
Soil wouldn’t be able to absorb water
Flooding
Nothing would be able to absorb water
Something to remember surface tension
Dive and bellyflop
