Properties of Water Ch. 2 Biology Engineering 2 Ms. Haut

Properties of Water Cohesive nature of water Ability to moderate temperature Unusual phase changes Versatile solvent

Water is a polar molecule, electrons are shared unequally Cohesion is the ability of water molecules to attach to other water molecules –Attach by hydrogen bonds 1. Cohesion of Water THE PROPERTIES OF WATER Modified from PowerPoint lectures

–This makes the oxygen end of the molecule slightly negatively charged –The hydrogen end of the molecule is slightly positively charged –Water is therefore a polar molecule In a water molecule, oxygen exerts a stronger pull on the shared electrons than hydrogen Figure 2.9 (–) O (+) HH Modified from PowerPoint lectures

H+ atom is covalently bonded to the oxygen via a shared pair of electrons. Oxygen is an "electronegative" or electron "loving" atom compared with hydrogen "polar" molecule, meaning that there is an uneven distribution of electron density –This attraction forms weak bonds called hydrogen bonds

Hydrogen bonds make water Cohesive The oxygen end of water has a negative charge and the hydrogen end has a positive charge. The hydrogens of one water molecule are attracted to the oxygen from other water molecule. This forms Hydrogen Bonds. Cohesion = the ability of water molecules to stick to other water molecules

Surface Tension Surface tension is the name we give to the cohesion of water molecules at the surface of a body of water

Due to hydrogen bonding, water molecules can move from a plant’s roots to its leaves Insects can walk on water due to surface tension created by cohesive water molecules Figure 2.11 Modified from PowerPoint lectures Water Strider

Adhesion Water can also be attracted to other materials.

Capillary Action Water molecules are attracted to the straw molecules. When one water molecule moves closer to the straw molecules the other water molecules (which are cohesively attracted to that water molecule) also move up into the straw. o/text_images/FG13_04.JPG

Giant Redwoods—Muir Woods, CA Plant Transpiration—aided by cohesion and adhesion

2.Water’s hydrogen bonds moderate temperature It takes a lot of energy to disrupt hydrogen bonds –Therefore water is able to absorb a great deal of heat energy without a large increase in temperature –As water cools, a slight drop in temperature releases a large amount of heat Yankicha Island Boiling Water Modified from PowerPoint lectures

Water has a high Specific Heat Specific heat = heat needed to raise temp. of 1g of substance by 1ºC Specific heat of water is very high Boiling Point High.... water stays liquid longer As such, water can act as heat reservoire, moderating Earth’s global temperature _space.jpg

–A water molecule takes a large amount of energy with it when it evaporates –This leads to evaporative cooling Figure 2.12 Modified from PowerPoint lectures

Figure 2.10B 3.Unusual Phase Change Like no other common substance, water exists in nature in all three physical states: –as a liquid –as a gas –as a solid Modified from PowerPoint lectures

Gas Liquid Solid

Density of Water Ice is Less Dense than Liquid Water Molecules in ice are farther apart than those in liquid water Water is densest at 4°C. Figure 2.13 Hydrogen bond ICE Hydrogen bonds are stable LIQUID WATER Hydrogen bonds constantly break and re- form Modified from PowerPoint lectures

Frozen water floats (left) and frozen benzene sinks (right) Figure 2.13x2 Modified from PowerPoint lectures

Ice fishing Figure 2.13x1 Modified from PowerPoint lectures

4.Water is a Versatile Solvent Also known as the “Universal solvent”. Polar substances are enveloped by hydration spheres. –“Like dissolves like!”

Solutes whose charges or polarity allow them to stick to water molecules dissolve in water –They form aqueous solutions Figure 2.14 Ions in solution Salt crystal Cl – Na + Cl – – –– – – Na Modified from PowerPoint lectures

Application to Engineering Engineering hydrologist (water resources engineer): involved in the planning, analysis, design, construction and operation of projects for the control, utilization, and management of water resources

Engineering Hydrologists Are involved with –finding water supplies for cities or irrigated farms –controlling river flooding or soil erosion –they may work in environmental protection: preventing or cleaning up pollution or locating sites for safe disposal of hazardous wastes

What do they do? In the field: –collect basic data, oversee testing of water quality, direct field crews and work with equipment ent_aquifer_under_nevada/

What do they do? In the office: –interpret hydrologic data and perform analyses for determining possible water supplies. –Computer work: organizing, summarizing and analyzing masses of data, modeling studies such as the prediction of flooding and the consequences of reservoir releases or the effect of leaking underground oil storage tanks

Acknowledgements Unless otherwise noted, illustrations are credited to Pearson Education have been borrowed from BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS 4th Edition, by Campbell, Reece, Mitchell, and Taylor, ©2003. These images have been produced from the originals by permission of the publisher. These illustrations may not be reproduced in any format for any purpose without express written permission from the publisher. USGS. (09-Mar-2012). “What is hydrology and what do hydrologists do?” Videos from YouTube.