Question

water has a __ . it takes a lot of heat energy to turn it from a liquid to a solid. high specific heat cohesion adhesion surface tension

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "high specific heat": Specific heat is the amount of heat required to change the temperature (or phase, in this case, liquid to solid - related to heat of fusion) of a substance. Water has a high specific heat (and high heat of fusion), meaning it takes a lot of heat energy to change its phase from liquid to solid (freeze) or vice versa.
• "cohesion": Refers to attraction between molecules of the same substance (like water molecules sticking to each other), not related to heat energy for phase change.
• "adhesion": Attraction between molecules of different substances (like water sticking to glass), not related to heat for phase change.
• "surface tension": Related to the cohesive forces at the surface of a liquid, creating a "skin - like" effect, not related to heat for phase change.

So the correct option is the one related to the heat energy required for phase change, which is "high specific heat".

Answer:

high specific heat