PROPERTIES OF WATER LAB

CAPILLARY ACTION

• Causes water to rise in a narrow tube against the force of gravity
• Ex: draws water out of the roots of a plant and up into the stem & leaves
• In this picture, the liquid is drawn from the full beaker to the empty one

SOLUTION

• Components are evenly distributed & stay mixed

SUSPENSION

• Mixtures of water & nondissolved material

ADHESION

• An attraction between moleculesof different substances

DENSITY OF SOLID VS. LIQUID WATER

• Solid water is ice (when frozen, it expands & decreases density)
• Liquid water has a higher density than solid water.

SURFACE TENSION

• The strong attraction between water molecules produces a force

COHESION

• An attraction between molecules of the same substance

BREAKING OF SURFACE TENSION

• It allows density to take over again