Properties of Water Quiz

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 more substances than anything else

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What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

Why does water move from the roots to the leaves of plants?

• Water is pushed by solutes
• Capillary action pulls the water molecules like a chain
• Water is pulled by gravity
• Water’s cohesion causes it to “pull” towards the leaves

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________________________ is the energy needed to heat a substance by a particular amount.

• specific heat

• specific temperature

• Universal solvent

• adhesion

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Which is NOT a unique property of water?

• Frozen water floats on liquid water.
• Water covers most of the Earth’s surface and retains a large amount of heat.
• Water molecules stick to each other through hydrogen bonds.
• Water cools very rapidly.

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Which term refers to water having a slightly positive and a slighty negative charge on its ends?

• cohesion

• surface tension

• polar

• adhesion

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A paperclip floating on water is an example of what property of water?

• capillary action

• surface tension

• universal solvent

• specific heat index

Why does ice float?

• As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.

• As water freezes, it takes up more hydrogen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.

• As water freezes, air becomes trapped between the hydrogen bonds of water molecules.

• As water freezes, it takes up more oxygen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.

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Water drops being attracted to each other is an example of ____________.

• capillary action

• adhesion

• specific heat index

• cohesion