Properties of Water Vocab

The property that allows water (and other substances) to stick to other objects is:

• Adhension
• Cohesion
• Surface Tension
• Specific Heat

The term that describes the idea the hydrogen atoms of a water molecule has the positive charges and oxygen atom has a negative charge. These charges are opposite which is why the water molecule is able to stay bonded.

• Polarity
• Surface Tension
• Specific Heat
• Heat of Vaporization

Why does ice stay at the top of oceans instead of sinking to the bottom?

•  Ice is colder than liquid water.
• Ice is less dense than liquid water.
• Ice is more dense than liquid water.
• Ice is warmer than liquid water.

What is cohesion?

• Water's ability to stick to itself
• Water's ability to stick to other substances
• The strength of the cohesion of all the water molecules combined
• Tape, glue and other adhesives

Water is a universal solvent because it...

• It can be found anywhere
• It freezes when it gets cold
• floats when frozen
• Dissolves most substances

The substance being dissolved is called the ________

• solvent

• solid

• solute

• solvate

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

• cohesion
• polar molecule
• hydrogen bond
• solution

The liquid in a solution

• solvent
• solute
• mixture
• soluble

A type of mixture where one of the materials dissolves

• mixture
• solubility
• solution
• concentrated

The "skin" that forms on water due to cohesion is called

• surface tension

• capillarity

• adhesion