Water Properties & Cycle

What is the main driving force to the Water Cycle?

• Weather
• The Sun
• Oceans
• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• ice
• clouds
• vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

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

Number 2 in the water cycle diagram is ___________.

• The Sun
• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

It takes a lot of energy to to heat up a large body of water like a lake or ocean. Why?

• Water is a solvent.
• Water has a high specific heat capacity.

• Water has a low specific heat capacity.

• Water is non-polar.

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 other liquids

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is LEAST likely to dissolve in water?

• nonpolar fats and oils

• polar sugar molecules

• salt made of a positive sodium ion and a negative chloride ion

• all of the substances will dissolve easily in water

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

• Water molecules are pushed up by solutes

• Capillary action, cohesion & adhesion pulls water molecules up

• Water molecules are pulled up by gravity

• Water molecules cannot move up roots to leaves