AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hydrogen bonds cause water to be exceptionally attracted to each other. Therefore, water is very cohesive. We see evidence of water’s cohesiveness every day – in water drops and in streams of water.

Detailed explanation-2: -The presence of hydrogen bonds also makes water molecules more ‘sticky’ or in scientific terms cohesive and adhesive. The small charges on the water molecules allows them to stick together which is why water has a ‘skin’ that small insects can walk on, and also explains why water can be sucked up a straw so easily.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cohesion: Hydrogen Bonds Make Water Sticky In the case of water, hydrogen bonds form between neighboring hydrogen and oxygen atoms of adjacent water molecules. The attraction between individual water molecules creates a bond known as a hydrogen bond.

Detailed explanation-4: -Due to the extensive hydrogen bonding, water has some emergent properties that impact life on Earth in many ways. These include: Cohesion, Adhesion, High surface tension, High specific heat, High Heat of vaporization, and the fact that ice floats (Ice is less dense as a solid than liquid water).

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most important chemical properties of water is its ability to behave as both an acid (a proton donor) and a base (a proton acceptor), the characteristic property of amphoteric substances.