Biochemistry of Water

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Across
  1. 4. Intermolecular attraction between water molecules.
  2. 7. Arrangement due to the several H-bonds each water molecule makes with its neighbours.
  3. 9. Water molecules have this property, allowing for ions to dissolve in it.
  4. 11. Dehydration Synthesis
  5. 12. Is not attracted to water.
  6. 17. Provided by water to many living organisms.
  7. 20. H3O+
  8. 21. Decreases as water cools to its freezing point.
  9. 22. Property of a nonpolar substance.
  10. 24. Dissolves.
  11. 25. Partial charge of the hydrogen in a water molecule.
  12. 26. Does the dissolving.
  13. 27. Water absorbs lots of energy as its temperature increases due to it’s high specific _____ _____________.
  14. 28. Result of one sided cohesion.
  15. 29. Attraction between similar molecules.
  16. 30. Intramolecular attraction between hydrogen and oxygen.
Down
  1. 1. An attraction to water.
  2. 2. Makes up more than half of an adult human being’s molecules.
  3. 3. Shape of the water molecule.
  4. 5. Unequally shared.
  5. 6. Used to determine bond polarity.
  6. 8. Provided by a layer of snow on top of frozen surface water.
  7. 10. Adhesion and cohesion working together in the xylem.
  8. 13. H+ and OH- ions are created in equal amounts as water molecules crash into eachother.
  9. 14. Water is a reactant in this light dependent reaction.
  10. 15. Ionic compounds to separate as water form hydration shells around its ions.
  11. 16. A byproduct of this energy yielding reaction is water.
  12. 18. Water is a reactant in this type of reaction that breaks down biological molecules.
  13. 19. Hydrogen Bond and dipole-dipole for example.
  14. 23. Any reactant or product of a reaction taking place in a cell.