Earth's water and atmosphere unit 1 lesson 1

What two elements make up water

• Hydrogen

  Oxygen

• Nitrogen

  Oxygen

• Carbon

  Hydrogen

• Carbon

  Oxygen

The ability for sugar to dissolve in water is called...

• malleability

• state

• density

• solubility

Water is a universal solvent because....

• it can be found anywhere

• floats when frozen

• it freezes when it gets cold

• dissolves most substances

Water has ___ specific heat capacity. Meaning, it takes ___time to warm up a large amount of water.

• high/long

• high/short

• low/long

• low/short

When you clean up a water spill with a paper towel, which property of water are you observing?

• surface tension

• adhesion

• hydrophobia

• solution

Water molecules form a "skin" on water described as...

• liquid

• adhesion

• surface tension

• capillary action

Specific Heat Capacity affects our climate by...

(more than one answer)

• warmer oceans means warmer breezes onto shore and higher risk of adverse weather events

• melting glaciers at a faster rate

• causing very gradual changes between seasons.

• Creates a warmer climate which threatens the frozen tundra.

Ice has a density that is greater than liquid water.

• true

• false

__________ is when water molecules “stick” together

• adhesion

• cohesion

• surface tension

• capillary action

__________ is when water molecules “stick” to something else

• adhesion

• cohesion

• surface tension

• capillary action