What makes water heavier than air? I apologize in advance if this is too basic for this site.
Considering that hydrogen is lighter then oxygen, and water is 2/3 hydrogen, and only 1/3 oxygen, and our "air" is comprised mainly of oxygen, why isn't water lighter then air?
 A: Air is lighter because there are fewer molecules per unit volume compared with a unit volume of liquid water.  A mole of water is 18 grams, so a liter of water contains about 55 moles (1000 grams).
A mole of air at standard temperature and pressure, however, occupies a volume of 22.4 liters, much more.  Dividing a mole of 02 (32 grams) by 22.4, you have just a bit more than a gram for that liter of air. 
A: You forgot to mention what amount of water and air you are taking as a comparison. Weight is proportional to mass. So if you take more amount of air and less amount of water in two equal containers, then i am sure air is going to be heavier. don't go for taking the same 'volume' of both the things, since it is not necessary that same volume of water and air has same amount of matter... You see, it is the amount of matter that gives something weight.
A: Air is mostly dinitrogen and dioxygen.  
At room temperature water is liquid and the molecules are close together due to strong attraction of water molecules to each other. This intermolecular interaction is called "hydrogen bonding".  The oxygen atom of water has a partial negative charge and the hydrogens partial positive charges. A hydrogen atom of one molecule is attracted to the oxygen atom of another molecule. The hydrogen atoms are often shared with two oxygen atoms, and clusters of molecules are rapidly formed and destroyed.  
On the other hand, dinitrogen and dioxygen have no permanent dipole moment and are only weakly attracted to each other.  They remain in the gas phase with the molecules far apart due to this weak interaction.  
The relative masses are:
water (HOH) 18
nitrogen (NN) 28
oxygen (OO) 32
So if the molecules were equally spaced apart, water would be least dense.  This is what actually occurs in the gas phase, water vapor is less dense than air.  Water is mostly in the liquid phase, with molecules much closer to each other, at room temperature and atmospheric pressure due to intermolecular forces. 
A: Thinking through the problem for water vapour to exist by nature a fixed volume will contain more energy in the form of heat. The heat displaces air molecules around it making the volume lighter as in a hot air balloon. The amount of atoms in the fixed volume in comparison with surrounding air is higher in the water vapour. I see water vapour as heavier in isolation because of its condition. The energy is a factor in the equation rather than vapour being lighter... perhaps my understanding is flawed.
A: The complexity of the molecule, compared to H2 and O2, makes its thermodinamical properties completely different, up to the point that it is even in a different phase at room temperature.
