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A. Answer the following questions:
1. Why can gases be compressed?
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2. Why water is called an universal solvent?
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Answer 1

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1.Gases are compressible because most of the volume of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles.

2.Water is called the "universal solvent" because it is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid

Answer 2

Answer: 1. Gases are compressible because most of the volume of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles. When a gas is compressed, as when the scuba tank is being filled, the gas particles are forced closer together. Compressed gases are used in many situations.

2.Water is called the "universal solvent" because it is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid. Water molecules have a polar arrangement of oxygen and hydrogen atoms one side (hydrogen) has a positive electrical charge and the other side (oxygen) had a negative charge

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