Water Flocabulary

What is water’s chemical makeup?

• two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom

• two hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms

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Which of the following is not true about water?

• Its smallest form is a molecule.

• It’s made of two different elements.

• It has the same charge throughout.

• It occurs both inside and outside of the human body.

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A magnet that is positively charged on one end and negatively charged on the other end is an example of

• cohesion.

• adhesion.

• gravity.

• polarity.

Which is an example of cohesion?

• water soaking into the soil

• water forming droplets on a leaf

• water traveling up the roots of a plant

• water having a lukewarm temperature

Which is an example of adhesion?

• water freezing into ice

• water climbing up a straw

• water dripping from a faucet

• water boiling and evaporating

Mosquitoes are able to walk on top of the water in a pond without falling in. Which of the following explains why this is possible?

• gravity

• adhesion

• surface tension

• convex meniscus

True or False: Water’s property of surface tension is related to its property of cohesion.

• True

• False

What percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?

• 25%

• 50%

• 65%

• 75%

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Which is an example of capillary action?

• water flowing down from a faucet

• a flat puddle of water on the ground

• water moving from the roots to the leaves of a plant

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Water has the ability to bond with

• its own molecules.

• molecules of a different substance.

• both positively and negatively charged substances.

• all of the above.