Chapter 3 Assignments

CHAPTER 3: Water and the Fitness of the Environment

Reading: p.47-56

Vocabulary: definitions for the bolded words in the CH3 text:

Polar molecule, cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, kinetic energy, heat, temperature, specific heat, heat of vaporization, evaporative cooling, solution, solute, solvent, aqueous solution, hydrophobic, hydrophilic, molecular mass, mole, molarity, hydrogen ion, hydroxide ion, acid, base, pH, buffer, acid precipitation.

Questions: #1-2 p.48; #1,3 p.53; #1-10 p.57. Check/correct answers.