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Water and the Fitness of the Enviroment
Properties and terms of water
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/04/2013
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Cohesive
 Definition
water sticks to water
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Adhesive
 Definition
water sticks to other molecules
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Surface Tension
 Definition
the surface of water is difficult to stretch or break
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Specific Heat
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the amount needed to raise 1 g of the substance 1 degree C (water has a high specific heat)
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Heat
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total quantity of kinetic energy due to molecular motion
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Temperature
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Measures the average speed of the molecules
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Stabilizes Temperature
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water can absorb and store a huge amount of heat from the sun
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