What are the properties of water that result from hydrogen bonding?

Answer 1

This a question from the university..... Biology 1301... The answer is: Water's cohesive behavior, its ability to moderate temperature, its expansion upon freezing, and its versatility as a solvent. There are actually 5 and the fifth ishigh specific heat "http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_of_the_following_characteristic_of_water_is_a_result_o_hidrogen_boding"

Answer 2

THE FIVE PROPERTIES OF WATER

1. Polar and Non-polar

2. High heat capacity

3. Cohesive and Adhesive

4. Water is a solvent

5. Water is less dense as a solid then as a liquid.

Answer 3

1. water is liquid as H-bonding hold the molecules together

2. water has higher boiling point relative to its small size because of extensive network of H bonds.

3. high specific heat

4. high heat of vaporisation

5. strong surface tension

6. nearly universal solvent property as it can form H-bond with other molecules

7. Freezing point is higher than expected

Answer 4

Cohesion - Water sticks to itself because of hydrogen's attraction to other oxygens. This is because due to the increased electronegativity of oxygen, there is an unequal sharing of electrons, giving oxygen a slightly negative charge. This causes the slightly positive hydrogens to be attracted the slightly negative oxygens of other water molecules. This creates the hydrogen bonds.

Adhesion (same idea)

Surface tension: At the interface between water and air is an ordered arrangement of water below. This causes water to behave as though it was coated with an invisible film.

High specific heat capacity: Heat is absorbed when hydrogen bonds are broken, and created when hydrogen bonds are made.

Expansion upon freezing: Hydrogen bonds no longer break when frozen, therefore water expands when it freezes causing it to be less dense. This makes water float, which contributes to life being sustainable on earth because if water sunk when frozen, all the lakes and ponds and maybe even oceans would all freeze over.

Answer 5

Five Unique Properties of Water:

1. It is the only natural substance on Earth occurring in all three states.
2. It becomes less dense as it is frozen and more dense when in its liquid state.
3. Polar molecule; making it the universal solvent.
4. Inhibition.
5. Adhesion.
6. Cohesion.
7. High specific heat.

Answer 6

Cohesion. The hydrogen bonding that keeps water molecules close enough to one another to have the liquid state needed for life. Also a valuable property in plant transpiration.

" Universal " Solvent. Water, though not really a universal solvent, dissolves many compounds and makes cellular activity possible by doing this. The hydrogen bonding, it's polar nature, gives water this property.

High Specific Heat. Life on earth would not be possible if water did not heat slowly, and more importantly, did not release this heat just as slowly. This is directly linked to the hydrogen bonding of water which absorbs energy slowly by not breaking all the bonds and for the same reason, one the energy is absorbed, it release it slowly.

Ice Less Dense Than Water. If frozen water did not float on the top of liquid water then all fresh water would be devoid of life. Also dependent on hydrogen bonding as when water freezes it forms a lattice structure of less volume than water which makes ice less dense than water.

Answer 7

High boiling point and high melting point (compared to H2S which would be expectedto have higher but in fact they are much lower (-60 0C, -82 0C), low density solid (lower than liquid water- icebergs float! - most substances are denser in the solid state than when molten.)

Answer 8

Water infact does not have any living characteristics. They move via the Earth's Gravity.

Answer 9

polarity

ionic bonds

h bonds