Water's Properties- Basics

What is the name for the property of water that allows water molecules to stick to other water molecules?

• Covalent Bond

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Capillary Action

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Water's ability to stick to other water molecules (cohesion) or to other surfaces (adhesion) is a result of...

• polarity (it having a positive end and a negative end)

• water's ability to dissolve many things (solubility)

• water's ability to resist changes in temperature (high specific heat)

• covalent bonding

Which of these is a "skin" that forms on the surface of water because there are a lot of hydrogen bonds there?

• Capillary Action

• Hydrogen bonds

• Adhesion

• Surface Tension

What is the name for the property of water that allows water molecules to stick to other surfaces? This is why you have water droplets on your hand after you're done washing.

• Covalent Bond

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Capillary Action

Property that causes water to travel up small tubes against gravity; the smaller the tube- the higher it goes- even without pumping!

• Capillary Action

• Surface Tension

• High Specific Heat

• Covalent bonds

It takes a lot of energy to get water to turn from a liquid to a gas. Which property does this describe?

• Water has high specific heat

• Water has high heat of vaporization

• Water has low specific heat

• Water has low heat of vaporization

Water resists changes in temperature- if it is hot, it takes a long time for it to cool; if it's cold, it takes a long time to heat up. This is because...

• Water has high specific heat

• Water has high heat of vaporization

• Water has low specific heat

• Water has low heat of vaporization

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When water freezes,

• it becomes more dense, causing ice to float

• it becomes more dense, causing ice to float

• it becomes less dense, causing ice to sink

• it becomes less dense, causing ice to float

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