Water Properties and Ocean

What is the term used to describe the ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of external forces?

• Cohesion

• Capillary action

• Adhesion

• Polarity

What property of water allows it to adhere to other substances?

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Surface tension

• Polarity

What is the term for the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C?

• Latent heat

• Specific heat capacity

• Heat transfer

• Energy transfer

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following describes the movement of heat through fluids due to the movement of the fluid itself? Hint: ocean currents move because of this action

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Evaporation

What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas?

• Condensation

• Freezing

• Evaporation

• Melting

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What term describes the force that causes molecules on the surface of a liquid to come together and form a layer?

• Surface tension

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Polarity

What is the name of the effect that causes moving air and water to spin and twist due to the Earth's rotation?

• Thermohaline circulation

• Coriolis effect

• Ocean current

• Wind patterns

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is a measure of the amount of salt in water?

• Density

• Salinity

• Polarity

• Specific heat

What is the term for the layer in the ocean where the temperature changes rapidly with depth?

• Halocline

• Thermocline

• Pycnocline

• Isocline

What process involves the change of state from solid to liquid?

• Freezing

• Melting

• Condensation

• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4