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EOC - Properties of Water

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Question 1
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Which property of water makes it helpful to use in car radiators?

"Your engine's radiator is one of the most important parts of your cooling system. Your engine's temperature is constantly watched by a special thermostat. When the engine gets too hot, the thermostat releases engine coolant, or antifreeze, from your radiator into your engine."

Question 2
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Between which two atoms of water are hydrogen bonds are formed?

Question 3
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What is the reason behind the "high surface tension" of water?

Question 4
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Water has a much higher specific heat than most other covalent compounds. What do you predict might happen if water had a low specific heat instead?

Question 5
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Maria, after finding no cold sodas in the refrigerator, placed a can of soda in the freezer. She then proceeded to check her social networking site and forgot about the soda. Later that evening her brother went to get some ice and it was brown. Maria’s soda can had split open. What is the best explanation for what happened?