What is the term used to describe water's ability to dissolve many substances?

• Universal solvent

• Specific heat

• Surface tension

• Capillary action

Which property of water allows it to dissolve salt?

• High boiling point

• Universal solvent

• Low density

• High viscosity

Ice floats in a glass of lemonade because...

• water is densest as a solid.

• water has high surface tension.

• water has the lowest density as a gas.

• water is densest as a liquid.

Which of the following is a property of water that contributes to its role as a universal solvent?

• Its high surface tension

• Its polarity

• Its low density

• Its high viscosity

Which of the following best describes why water is called the universal solvent?

• It can dissolve only organic substances

• It can dissolve a wide range of substances

• It can dissolve only gases

• It can dissolve only solids

What property of water allows it to form droplets on a leaf?

• High specific heat

• Cohesion

• Low density

• High viscosity

Which example demonstrates water's high surface tension?

• Water flowing from a faucet

• Small insects walking on water

• Water sticking to a car windshield

• Water existing in our atmosphere as vapor

Which of the following is NOT a property of water?

• Adhesion

• Low surface tension

• Universal solvent

• Cohesion

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Which of these examples demonstrates water's ability of adhesion?

• Water flowing down a stream

• Water existing as a solid in ice

• Water sticking to a window when it rains

• Water forming a skin on the top of a glass

Which of these is the densest state of matter for most substances, but NOT for water?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma