Water Properties

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What % of the Earth is covered by water?

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71%

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What percent of the earth's fresh water is readily available for us to drink and use?

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1%

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Ice Floats because _______________. Options: water expands when it freezes, ice has a higher density than water when it is liquid form, water shrinks when it freezes, of cohesion

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water expands when it freezes

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What property of water allows it to be such a versatile solvent that it is often called the "universal solvent?"

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Polarity and cohesion

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Why do large bodies of water not quickly fluctuate in temperature?

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Water has a high heat capacity.

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Why can water striders walk across the surface of calm water without breaking it?

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The insects are light enough so they do not break the hydrogen bonds holding the water molecules together.

Front

What two elements make up water?

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Hydrogen and oxygen

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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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Why does water move from the roots to the leaves of plants?

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Capillary action pulls the water molecules like a chain

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Which is NOT a unique property of water? Options: Frozen water floats on liquid water. , Water covers most of the Earth’s surface and retains a large amount of heat. , Water molecules stick to each other through hydrogen bonds. , Water cools very rapidly.

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Water cools very rapidly.