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Life in the Greenhouse

Chapter 5, Problem 3

Water has a high heat-absorbing capacity because                  . a. the sun's rays penetrate to the bottom of bodies of water, mainly heating the bottom surface; b. the strong covalent bonds that hold individual water molecules together require large inputs of heat to break; c. it has the ability to dissolve many heat-resistant solutes; d. initial energy inputs are first used to break hydrogen bonds between water molecules and only after these are broken, to raise the temperature; e. all of the above are true

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Hello everyone here. We have a question that says water has a blank heat absorbing capability due to blank between individual water molecules which is first disrupted by primary energy inputs. And only then is the temperature raised a high covalin bonding. Be high hydrogen bonding, Cee lo Covalin bonding or d low hydrogen bonding. So our water molecules look like this. We have our oxygen in the center and we have to hide trojans. And between every water molecule our hydrogen will form a bond and it's because of this hydrogen bonding that water has a high heat absorbing capability. So our answer is b high hydrogen bonding. Water has a high heat absorbing capability due to hydrogen bonding between individual water molecules, which is first disrupted by primary energy inputs. And only then as the temperature raised. Thank you for watching. Bye.