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4981688575Polar moleculeA molecule (such as water) with opposite charges on opposite sides.0
4981688576Cohesionhydrogen bonds that hold a substance together1
4981688577Adhesionthe clinging of one substance to another2
4981688578Surface tensiona measure of how difficult it is to to stretch or break the surface of a liquid3
4981688579Kinetic energythe energy of motion4
4981688580Heata measure of the total amount of kinetic energy due to molecular motion in a body of matter5
4981688581Temperaturemeasures the intensity of heat due to average kinetic energy of the molecules6
4981688582Celsius scaleA temperature scale that measures the freezing point of water at 0°C and the boiling point of water at 100°C7
4981688583Calorie (cal)the amount heat it takes to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1 degree C (or the amount of heat that 1 g of water releases when it cools by 1 degree C)8
4981688584Kilocalorie (kcal)(1,000 calories) is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree C9
4981688585Joulea unit of energy10
4981688586Specific heatthe amount of heat that must be absorbed or lost for 1 g of that substance to change its temperature by 1 degree C11
4981688587Heat of vaporizationthe quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for 1 g of it to be converted from the liquid to the gaseous state12
4981688588Evaporative coolingwhen a liquid evaporates, the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down - this occurs because the "hottest" molecules, those with the greatest kinetic energy, are most likely to leave as gas13
4981688589Solutiona liquid that is a completely homogeneous mixture of two or more substances14
4981688590Solventthe dissolving agent of a solution15
4981688591Solutethe substance that is dissolved by the solvent16
4981688592Aqueous solutiona solution in which water is the solvent17
4981688593Hydration shellthe sphere of water molecules around each dissolved ion18
4981688594Hydrophilicany substance that has an affinity (love) for water19
4981688595Colloida stable suspension of fine particles in a liquid20
4981688596Hydrophobicsubstances that are nonionic and nonpolar that actually seem to repel water21
4981688597Molecular massthe sum of the masses of all the atoms in a molecule22
4981688598Mole (mol)The number of grams of a substance that equals its molecular weight in daltons and contains Avogadro's number of molecules.23
4981688599Molaritythe number of moles of solute per liter of solution, is the concentration most often used by biologists for aqueous solutions24
4981688600Hydrogen iona single proton with a charge of 1+ left25
4981688601Hydroxide ion (OH-)a water molecule that has lost a H+26
4981688602Hydronium ion (H30+)when a proton binds to another water molecule27
4981688603Acida substance that increase the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution28
4981688604Basea substance that reduces the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution29
4981688605Bufferssubstances that minimize changes in the concentration of H+ and OH- in a solution30
4981688606Acid precipitationrain, snow, or fog with a pH lower or more acidic than pH 5.631

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