Properties of Water

Large bodies of water do not change temperature easily. Why? (Hint: Why is a swimming pool feel warmer at night?)

• Water is a solvent.
• Water has a high heat capacity.

What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen
• Hydrogen and oxygen
• oxygen and carbon

What property of water helps to moderate earth's temperature?

• adhesion
• cohesion
• high specific heat capacity

What properties of water allows water to travel up the stems of plants in a process called capillary action?

• Adhesion and Cohesion
• Cohesion and Solubility

A molecule with electrically charged areas is called a _______________.

• magnet
• polar molecule
• electrical molecule

Why does ice stay at the top of oceans instead of sinking to the bottom?

•  Ice is colder than liquid water.
• Ice is less dense than liquid water.
• Ice is more dense than liquid water.

As you added drops to the coins, each drop stuck to the other water because of ________________.

• adhesion
• cohesion
• specific heat

What kind of bond forms when atoms share electrons?

• Covalent bond
• Ionic bond

What kind of bond forms when one kind of atom gives electrons to another kind of atom?

• Covalent
• Ionic bond

• High Specific Heat 
• Universal Solvent
• Low Density Solid  
• Cohesion