Water Properties vocab

Water heats up slowly because it has

• cohesion

• polarity

• high specific heat

• low specific heat

Water forms droplets because of

• adhesion

• cohesion

• capillary action

• universal solvent

Water moves up to the top of plants because of

• cohesion

• adhesion

• capillary action

• specific heat

• blood vessels

Which best describes adhesion?

• movement of water up a straw

• attraction between similar molecules

• attraction between different molecules

• positive and negative charges

Which property explains why water molecules have cohesion?

• surface tension

• capillary action

• polarity

• adhesion

Pepper floats on water because of

• capillary action

• surface tension

• positive charges

• negative charges

Water soaks through a paper towel due to

• capillary action

• surface tenstion

• polarity

• density

What describes the chemical structure of water?

• 2 hydrogens and 2 oxygens

• 2 hydrogens and 1 oxygen

• 1 hydrogen and 2 oxygen

• 1 hydrogen and 1 oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Sugar, salt, and baking soda dissolve in water because water is the

• best substance

• universal solute

• universal solvent

• magic potion

Which part of a water molecule is positively charged?

• none of it

• all of it

• hydrogen

• oxygen