Water and Ice and their

Molecules and Crystals

Reported by:
Francis Dwight T. Maglinte

What is Water?

 Water is very important for life. We need

water to drink, to wash our hands, to cook,
to water plants and many other things.
What other important uses for water do
we have?

 As water is boiled,kineticenergycauses
thehydrogen bondsto break completely and
allows watermoleculesto escape into the air as
gas (steam or water vapor).
When water freezes, water molecules form a
crystalline structure maintained by hydrogen
bonding.
Solid water, or ice, is less dense than liquid water.
Ice is less dense than water because the
orientation of hydrogen bonds causes molecules to
push farther apart, which lowers thedensity.

 The low density of ice , an anomaly,

causes it to float at the surface of
liquid water, such as an iceberg or
the ice cubes in a glass of water. In
lakes and ponds, ice forms on the
surface of the water creating an
insulating barrier that protects the
animals and plant life in the pond
from freezing.

Water Molecule
Water is a Chemical!?
Indeed! Water is one of our most plentiful
chemicals. Its chemical formula,H20, is
probably the most well known of all
chemical formulas.

 The formulaH20tells us that one molecule

of water is comprised of 2 atoms of
hydrogen and one atom of oxygen bonded
together. The bonds which hold the
hydrogen and oxygen together are called
covalent bonds - they are very strong.
Let's look at a picture of a molecule of
water: In this picture the two hydrogens
are represented by white spheres and the
oxygen by a red sphere.