Properties of water

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What is water? Options: An atom, A molecule composed of 2 parts Oxygen and one part Hydrogen, A molecular compound composed of 2 parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen, A pure substance composed of 2 parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen

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A molecular compound composed of 2 parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen

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Why does water ice have a lower density than liquid water?

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Because the molecules expand in volume as water freezes into a crystal

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Adhesion

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Water's ability to stick to other substances

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What is cohesion?

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Water's ability to stick to itself

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What is surface tension?

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The strength of the cohesion of all the water molecules combined

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What word describes when water is attracted to other substances? Options: cohesion, adhesion, capillary action, surface tension

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adhesion

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Attractions between the negative Oxygen atom of one water molecule and the positive Hydrogen atom of another water molecule are called

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Hydrogen bonds

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Why does ice float?

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As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.

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Which end of the water molecule has a slightly positive charge? Options: the oxygen end, the hydrogen end, both ends are slightly positive, neither end is positive

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the hydrogen end

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Why is water considered a universal solvent?

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Dissolves most substances