Water is everywhere. It's in the air we breathe. It's in our sink faucets, and it's in every cell of our body.
Water is an unusual substance with special properties.
To Ponder 1. In this first lab, we will investigate the properties of water in an attempt to understand how water behaves in relation to both our bodies and the environment. Through a concise set of experiments, the unique properties of water and its consequent importance to living things will become apparent. Describe the polarity of a water molecule and explain how that polarity affects the properties of water. Explain why water climbs the inside of a thin glass capillary but not a thin plastic capillary.