What causes water to resist the temperature change?

Answer 1

Waters density is at the highest just a few degrees (4°C, or 7°F) above freezing, and it decreases as its temperature changes in either direction(this is pure water, salt water or other solutions may behave differently). This is due to the unique crystal structure water takes on as it freezes and becomes ice, the crystal lattice being less dense than a more conventional solid state substance.

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Answer 2

Water has a high specific heat capacity, which means it can absorb a lot of heat energy before its temperature changes significantly. This is due to the hydrogen bonds between water molecules, which require energy to break. Additionally, water also has a high heat of vaporization, meaning it requires a lot of heat to evaporate, further contributing to its resistance to temperature change.

Answer 3

Because water is not a solid substance the molecules and atoms are not as close together as say a bricks molecules. Of course all atoms in everything are moving all the time but water just so happens to move at an accelerated rate resulting in the reduction of friction. When you try to heat water the molecules will slow down to stop from heating and when you try to freeze the molecules will speed up try to heat it up. ---- Water resists temperature change not more then other substances, but differently then other fluids because water is like a special case. Remember, water is most dense at 4 degrees Celsius. The viscosity (the power of the resistance) will decrease as the temperature increases, meaning that it won't resist as much as when the temp. is at 4 degrees Celsius. Vice versa; when the temp. decreases, the viscosity increases, making it harder for the particles to flow past one another. That's why when you freeze water, it becomes a solid, which has particles that can't flow past one another at all. By: KittyKat95

Answer 4

It doesn't quite do the opposite, but it does behave differently. Waters density is at the highest just a few degrees above freezing, and it decreases as its temperature changes in either direction(this is pure water, salt water or other solutions may behave differently). This is due to the unique crystal structure water takes on as it freezes and becomes ice, the crystal lattice being less dense than a more conventional solid state substance.

Answer 5

You are assuming that water does the opposite of what every substance does at a given temperature range. This is not so. Water, as you know, freezes at 0 degrees Celsius and boils at 100 degrees Celsius. So water is in a liquid state between these temperatures. Other substances freeze and boil at temperatures different to these. You can draw a line and mark of two points on it 0c and 100c and call them the freezing and boiling point (of water). You will find that water does not do the opposite of all substances within a range. It will be in a different state (solid, liquid or gas) to many substances at a given temperature, but it will never do the opposite of all substances.

Answer 6

Usually fluids get denser when the temperature drops. They get denser and denser until they turn solid. The same thing happens to water except that water is the densest when it is around 4°C. When the temperature drops towards 0°C it's density lowers.

And also the liquid form is denser than the solid form (ice), which is also unusual. Usually solids are denser than liquids.

Answer 7

Water is highly cohesive. Its molecules tend to resist increases in their motion. When water is heated, some of the energy is used to disturb the hydrogen bonds between neighboring molecules.

Answer 8

Its molecules tend to resist increases in their motion. When water is heated, some of the energy is used to disturb the hydrogen bonds between neighboring molecules.