Properties of Water Quiz

Water has many unique properties. Which property describes that water dissolves more substances than any other liquid.

• Density

• Universal Solvent

• Boiling Point

• Atomic structure

Water is a polar molecule because:

• Water is frozen at the North and South Poles.

• Oxygen has a slightly negative charge and hydrogen has a slightly positive charge.

• Water exists in all three states of matter naturally on Earth.

• All living things need water.

When water changes from a liquid to a solid, it is called:

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

• melting

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What is the best description of adhesion?

• When water molecules form water droplets

• When water molecules stick to other substances

• When water molecules are attracted to each other and stick

• When water molecules move from phase to phase

Water molecules sticking to other water molecules is called:

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Potable

• Perspective

Water molecules band together to form a skin or film on the surface is called:

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Perspective

• Surface Tension

Water droplets sticking to a spider web is an example of:

• Surface Tension

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Perspective

A water bug “walking” on water is an example of:

• Solvent and solute

• water cycle and precipitation

• Adhesion and polarity

• surface tension and cohesion

Ice will __________ as it freezes because of the hydrogen bonds in water molecules.

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Water is a compound that is found naturally in all three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas).

• True

• False

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