1. 2/14 A/B Day
LEQ: What physical properties of water
make it unique?
1. What is susceptibility?
2. What do we call a chemical that causes cancer?
3. What disease would you predict someone to
have if his mother drank alcohol when she was
pregnant?
4. What is one benefit of using pesticides?
5. What is one risk of using preservatives in our
foods?

2. Our Progress This Year:
Unit 1: Geologic Evolution
Unit 2: Chemistry
Unit 3: Hydrosphere
Unit 4: Cells

3. WATER

4. Today’s LEQ: What physical properties
of water make it unique?
By the end of today, you should be able to…
1. Describe buoyancy and surface tension
2. Explain the special qualities relating to water’s
density, specific heat, and solubility

5. Focus Vocabulary
107. Surface Tension
108. Buoyancy

6. Lab Procedures
1.Do not write on class sets
2.Follow all instructions every time
3.All work goes in your notebook
4.Teamwork
5.Assign Partner numbers

7. Physical Properties of Water
Density
Solubility
Surface
Tension
Buoyancy
Specific
Heat

8. Colder water = denser water
The “skin” that covers
The upward water’s surface
push of water
molecules on a
substance Water is the
universal
Water heats solvent!
and cools very
slowly!

9. Physical Properties of Water
Density Colder water =
denser water
Solubility Water is the
universal solvent!
Surface The “skin” that covers
the surface of water
Tension
The upward push of
Buoyancy water molecules on a
substance
Specific Water heats and
cools very slowly!
Heat

11. Physical Properties of Water
Density Colder water =
denser water
Solubility Water is the
universal solvent!
Surface The “skin” that covers
the surface of water
Tension
The upward push of
Buoyancy water molecules on a
substance
Specific Water heats and
cools very slowly!
Heat

12. WATER

13. Summarizer:
In 4-6 sentences, write a
paragraph to describe what
physical properties of water
make it unique!

14. WARMER WATER
COLDER WATER