Water and Solutions

The attraction that causes water and other liquids to form drops is called ________________. This is also water’s ability to be attracted to other water molecules.

• adhesion

• capillary action

• cohesion

• surface tension

What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen

• Hydrogen and oxygen

• helium and carbon

• oxygen and carbon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Water is a universal solvent because it...

• It can be found anywhere

• It freezes when it gets cold

• floats when frozen

• Dissolves most substances

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion

• adhesion

• capillary action

• surface tension

Why is water known as the universal solvent?

• Because of water's ability to dissolve many substances.

• Because the water has covalent bonds.

• Because the water molecules are cohesive.

• Because water forms hydration spheres around ions in solution.

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Water is called the universal solvent because-

• it dissolves many things

• it exists as all three states of matter

• it is polar

• it can stick to other thing

Why is water known as the "universal solvent"?

• It dissolves all known substances.

• It dissolves substances faster than all other solvents.

• It dissolves the greatest number of substances.

• It dissolves only solid substances.

​ (a)   The boiling point of a solution is affected by concentration.

• True

• False

In the drop down menu, choose the correct response​ (a)  

• A solution is a mixture

• A solution is a pure substance

• The solvent is dissolved in the solute

• A solution has the same properties of a colloid

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MS-PS1-2

Water is known as the universal __________ because it dissolves (breaks down) so many things.

• solute

• solution

• solvent

• bonder