Water Properties & Quality

4. ability of water to stick to itself
7. as temperature decreases, cohesion ____
8. water is the universal ___
11. 55.04% of salt is made of
14. water vapor turns into liquid, forms clouds
16. water has the highest ability to absorb heat before changing temperature
17. water never runs out because it is in a
21. process of water changing from liquid to gas
22. saltwater is made of 3.5% dissolved salts, this is referred to as
23. water is made of hydrogen & ___ atoms

1. the bond that attaches water molecules together
2. 75% of the Earth is covered by this
3. amount of oxygen available to aquatic organisms
5. skin-like surface created by cohesion
6. when the abundance of dissolved oxygen becomes depleted
9. measurement of hydrogen and hydroxide ions in water, refers to acidity or alkalinity
10. chloride in salt water comes from this
12. ice floats due to water expanding causing it to be less ___
13. salts decrease this point of water
15. when excess nitrates allow more photosynthesis to take place in plants & algae
18. water affects this by stabilizing our temperatures
19. measurement of the thickness of a fluid
20. 30.61% of salt is made of