Properties of Water

What two elements make up water?

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

Attractions between water molecules are called

• Covalent bonds
• Ionic bonds
• Polar bonds
• Hydrogen bonds

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

A molecule with electrically charged areas is called a _______________.

• magnet
• polar molecule
• solution
• electrical molecule

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Which end of the water molecule has a slightly positive charge?

• the oxygen end
• the hydrogen end
• both ends are slightly positive
• neither end is positive

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Water is a universal solvent because it...

• It can be found anywhere
• It freezes when it gets cold
• floats when frozen
• Dissolves most substances

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

The fact that ice floats on liquid water is due to the fact that water's solid is ___________ than it's liquid form

• less polar
• more polar
• less dense
• more dense

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which term refers to water having partial positive and a partial negative charge?

• cohesion
• surface tension
• polarity
• adhesion

What property of water allows objects that would sink stay on the surface of the water?

• Capillary Action

• Surface Tension

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Cohesion

• When water molecules stick to other water molecules

• Dissolves in a solution

• Water's tendency to be able to hold up floating objects

• The property of water that allows ice to float on the surface of liquid water

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5