Notes: Properties of Water

Multiple Choice

a substance that can dissolve a lot of different substances

• Universal Solvent

• solvent

• dissolver

Multiple Choice

Many substances will dissolve in water. That's why it is called -

• Great Dissolver

• Universal Solvent

Multiple Choice

Water is a polar molecule. This means that the water molecule has-

• electrically charged area

• Two hydrogen and one oxygen

• poles in the atoms

Multiple Choice

In a water molecule, Oxygen has a _______ charge.

• negative

• positive

• neutral

Multiple Choice

In a water molecule, Hydrogen has a _____ charge

• positive

• neutral

• negative

Multiple Choice

Water's attraction to other substances is called-

• sticking

• molecule

• cohesion

• adhesion

Multiple Choice

Why is water often called a Universal Solvent?

• ice floats on water

• Water is polar and therefore dissolves many other substances

• water exists in three states of matter

• water has adhesive and cohesive properties