1. Properties of Water Vocab

2. WATER
2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen molecule bonded together, the universal solvent

3. SOLUTION
homogeneous mixture where one substance is dissolved into another and mixed evenly throughout (salt water)

4. SOLUTE
a substance that is dissolved into another substance (salt)

5. SOLVENT
a substance that dissolves another substance (water)

6. POLAR
a molecule with a positive end and a negative end

7. SURFACE TENSION
the tightness across the surface of water caused by polar molecules pulling on each other

8. ADHESION
the process of a molecule “sticking” to another substance or surface

9. COHESION
the “sticking” together of molecules of the same substance

10. CAPILLARY ACTION
the movement of a liquid upward defying gravity

11. BUOYANCY
the tendency of an object to float in water