WATER PROPERTIES

___ molecules are formed from the uneven sharing of electrons that results in a molecules with an area of slight positive charge and an area of slight negative charge.

• Polar

• Ionic

• Covalent

• Nonpolar

Weak ___ bonds form between water molecules because of water's property of polarity.

• hydrogen

• covalent

• ionic

• liquid

Ice is __ dense compared to water (liquid), meaning that ice in water will ___.

• less, float

• more, float

• less, sink

• more, sink

Water has a high ____, which is where water resists changes temperature.

• heat capacity

• boiling point

• freezing point

• adhesion

Water is attracted to other water molecules, this property is known as ___.

• cohesion

• adhesion

• heat capacity

• capillary action

Water is attracted to other substances that are not water, like water attracted to glass. This property is known as ___.

• adhesion

• cohesion

• heat capacity

• capillary action

___ is the phenomenon where water is drawn up a thin tube.

• capillary action

• cohesion

• adhesion

• plant pulling

To make a solution, a ___ is dissolved into a liquid called a ___.

• solute; solvent

• solvent; solute

• salt; liquid

• solution; mixture

Which end of the water molecule has a slightly positive charge?

• the oxygen end
• the hydrogen end
• both ends are slightly positive
• neither end is positive

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension