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Water. Properties. Water - polar molecule - opposite ends have opposing charges. One end - slightly positive; other - slightly negative. Ends attracted to one another and held together by a hydrogen bond. Slightly negative. Slightly positive.
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Properties • Water - polar molecule - opposite ends have opposing charges. • One end - slightly positive; other - slightly negative. • Ends attracted to one another and held together by a hydrogen bond.
Slightly negative Slightly positive
Water molecules stick because of hydrogen bonding (cohesion) • Water molecules stick to other substances (adhesion) • Both responsible for the water’s ability to travel up plants.
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Surface tension - measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break surface of water.
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Heat • Heat - total quantity of kinetic energy due to motion in matter. • Temperature - intensity of heat due to average kinetic energy of molecules (measured in Celsius) • Specific heat - amount of heat absorbed or lost for 1 g of substance to change temperature 1o C.
Water - high specific heat. • High heat of vaporization (amount of heat liquid must absorb for 1 g to be converted to gas) • Water has high heat of vaporization because weak hydrogen bonds must break to go from liquid to gas.
Water keep Earth’s climate stable due to evaporative cooling. • When liquid evaporates, surface of liquid left behind cools. • Example - sweating causes body to cool down; as sweat evaporates, surface of skin is cooled off. • “Evaporation causes cooling”
pH • Hydrogen breaks into hydroxide ions (OH-) and hydronium ions (H3O+) • pH - measure of concentration of OH- and H+ in solution. • Increased H+ - more acidic; increased OH- - more basic.
Acidic Basic
pH scale - 0 (most acidic) to 14 (most basic). • Stomach acid - pH of 2 (same as lemon juice); oven cleaner - pH around 13. • As concentration of H+ increases, pH decreases. • Neutral pH - 7 (pure water)
Buffers • Buffers resist changes in concentrations of (OH-) and H+ • Buffers in blood help keep pH of blood close to 7.4. • If pH rises above 7.7 or below 7, person will not survive. • Buffers prevent this.
Importance of pH • Rain not contaminated has pH around 5.6. • Because of wastes in atmosphere (from burning fossil fuels and pollution), acid precipitation can result (pH less than 5.6) • Acid precipitation can damage aquatic life and change soil chemistry.
Burning of fossil fuels by factories
Trees damaged by acid precipitation
After acid precipitation Before acid precipitation
pH in Biology • Body needs to maintain specific pH in order to function. • Acidosis – acidic pH – too low can cause death. • Respiratory acidosis – too much carbon dioxide builds up in the body; body becomes acidic.
Lactic acidosis – build-up of lactic acid; body will start to breathe deeper to get rid of excess. • Lactic acid causes muscle cramps.