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How do water's physical properties contribute to its functions?
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Water has very unique physical properties; most of them brought on by the hydrogen bonding within water. Water is strongly polar, meaning the water molecule has a distinct positive end and negative end, caused by unshared electrons on one side of the molecule. This causes the positive end of one water molecule to be attracted to the negative end of another water molecule. This inter-molecular attraction gives water surface tension, explains why water sticks to the sides of containers, forms spherical droplets, expands when it freezes, and is why snowflakes are six-sided.
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