DENSITY & SPECIFIC HEAT OF WATER
SPECIFIC HEAT – AMOUNT OF HEAT ABSORBED OR LOST FOR 1 GRAM TO CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE BY 1⁰C WATER HAS A HIGH SPECIFIC HEAT MEANING, WATER CHANGES ITS TEMOERATURE LESS WHEN HEAT IS ABSORBED OR LOST
HYDROGEN BONDING –THE CULPRIT HYDROGEN BONDING IS THE REASON A CALORIE CAUSES SMALL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE AS MOST OF THE HEAT IS USED TO DISRUPT H₂ BONDING
AS TEMP DROPS, H₂ BONDS FORM RELEASING A LOT OF ENERGY BODIES OF WATER ABSORB & STORE HEAT IN DAY & SUMMER
CREATES ENVIRONMENT GREAT FOR LIFE AS TEMP FLUCTUATIONS ARE LIMITED ORGANISMS ARE PRIMARILY H₂O & RESIST THEIR OWN TEMP CHANGES
DENITY OF H₂O LESS DENSE AS SOLID THAN LIQUID WHY? HYDROGEN BONDING H₂ BONDS KEEP MOLECULES APART 10% MORE AS SOLID THAN LIQUID
EXPANSION OF H₂O AT FREEZING MAKES LIFE POSSIBLE AS WE KNOW IT ICE INSULATES LIQUID BELOW IN WINTER