Water has multiple atoms, that cannot be seen with the naked eye they are so small, that work together in a chemical bond. So when you go swimming do you break those atoms ? Or are the small enough that you magically pass through them ?????
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They are individual molecules...They don't break apart they separate. They are only held together by a small force called 'hydrogen bonding.' The lone pair of the oxygen is attracted to the hydrogens on other water molecules...you can't break an individual molecule apart without adding sufficient energy which you would not provide by 'walking through it'
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One single water molecule is made up of one oxygen atom with two hydrogen atoms attached to it. The bonds between these atoms can be considered permanent in a sense.
However, the bonds that hold 2 or more water molecules together are much weaker and only semi permanent, formed by attractions between differently charged parts of each molecule.
These bonds are called hydrogen bonds and are readily broken and remade in liquid water.
It is likely that when you're swimming that in a sense you break and make some hydrogen bonds between water molecules, but you won't actively break the bonds that make up a water molecule, they will just flow around your body.
However, the bonds that hold 2 or more water molecules together are much weaker and only semi permanent, formed by attractions between differently charged parts of each molecule.
These bonds are called hydrogen bonds and are readily broken and remade in liquid water.
It is likely that when you're swimming that in a sense you break and make some hydrogen bonds between water molecules, but you won't actively break the bonds that make up a water molecule, they will just flow around your body.
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Big difference here : INTRAmolecular and INTERmolecular.
INTRAmolecular is dealing with bonds present in the actual single water molecule. That is the oxygen to hydrogen bonds which are extremely strong. So H----O----H the bonds from O to H.
INTERmolecular is dealing with bonds between water molecules. H---O---H H---O----H H----O----H intramolecular bonding is between the water molecules.
When you swim you force your way through the INTERmolecular bonds. Intermolecular bonds are much weaker than intramolecular bonds. However, water has relatively strong intermolecular bonding due to hydrogen bonding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bo… So you basically cut through the water sectioning off volumes of water, not actually breaking water apart.
INTRAmolecular is dealing with bonds present in the actual single water molecule. That is the oxygen to hydrogen bonds which are extremely strong. So H----O----H the bonds from O to H.
INTERmolecular is dealing with bonds between water molecules. H---O---H H---O----H H----O----H intramolecular bonding is between the water molecules.
When you swim you force your way through the INTERmolecular bonds. Intermolecular bonds are much weaker than intramolecular bonds. However, water has relatively strong intermolecular bonding due to hydrogen bonding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bo… So you basically cut through the water sectioning off volumes of water, not actually breaking water apart.