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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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

Which statement explains why water molecules stick together?

• both sides are negative
• one side has a positive charge and the other side has a negative charge
• one side has a negative charge adn the other side has a neutral charge
• both sides are positive

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What is it called when water molecules are attracted to OTHER WATER molecules?

• cohesion

• adhesion

• solution

• polar molecule

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

When a molecule has an opposite electrical charge on each end, it is known as what?

• cohesion
• polar molecule
• hydrogen bond
• solution

Water sticks to the side of a glass cup because of ______

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Surface Tension

• Universal Solvent

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

Surface tension occurs due to ______

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Specific Heat

• Solubility (Solvent)

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

True or False: Water has a LOW specific heat

• True

• False

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