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Which water property contributes to water surface tension?
cohesion
What is the density of water at 4 degrees Celcius?
1000 kg/m3 or 1 g/cm3
What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?
Adhesion
What causes cohesion in the water?
hydrogen bonds
Humans have physiologically adapted to sweat if the body temperature rises past ideal levels. The ability to do so helps cool the body down. The polarity of water allows water to have a high _________________________, which allows us to
Specific heat
A water strider can skate along the top of a pond because of ______.
surface tension
Why is water considered a polar molecule?
The oxygen end is slightly negative and the hydrogen end is slightly positive
Attractions between water molecules are called ______.
Hydrogen bonds
The reason the water balloon did NOT pop while held over a flame is water's _________.
High specific heat capacity
Why does water move from the roots to the leaves of plants?
Capillary action pulls the water molecules up
Water is produced in the ______ reaction.
condensation
What is a storage form of carbohydrate in plants?
Starch
What best describes amylose?
Unbranched linear polymer with alpha 1-4 glycosidic linkages
What is hexose sugar?
monosaccharide with six carbon atoms
What does the name of the reaction to breakdown polysaccharides become monosaccharides?
hydrolysis
What are the examples of pentose sugar?
ribose and deoxyribose
