Quiz: Properties of Water

Which property of water were you learning about at the "Magical Moving Pepper" station?

• surface tension
• universal solvent
• adhesion
• capillary action

The tightness across the surface of water that enables paper clips to float is ____________.

• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension
• polarity

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Water droplets take a spherical shape (as pictured) because of ____________

• adhesion
• cohesion
• capillary action
• solubility

One substance being dissolved in another substance is a _____________.

• solvent
• solution
• compound
• molecule

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Most of the water on Earth is unusable by humans because it is _______________.

• contaminated (dirty)
• groundwater
• salt water
• stored in glaciers

Water is known as the universal solvent.

• True
• False

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A molecule with electrically charged areas is called a _______________.

• magnet
• polar molecule
• solution
• electrical molecule

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Which represents the amount of potable water on Earth?

• .006%
• 97%
• 2.4%
• .003%

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Water moves through plant roots and in other substances with pores because of ___________.

• surface tension
• polarity
• capillary action
• gravity

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You were able to stretch the water with a toothpick because of _______________.

• adhesion
• cohesion
• capillary action
• specific heat