Properties of Matter

Water is a universal solvent because it...

• It can be found anywhere

• It freezes when it gets cold

• floats when frozen

• Dissolves most substances

Water is a ___________ molecule due to it having a positive AND negative end.

A process powered by adhesion that causes water molecules to move upward through a narrow tube such as the stem of a plant is called...

• polar molecule

• surface tension

• capillary action

• specific heat

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An attraction between molecules of different substances is called...

• adhesion

• cohesion

Water is called the ________ because it dissolves so many substances.

• polar molecule

• universal solvent

• specific heat

• surface tension

Because of its _______, water dissolves many substances.

• solvent

• solution

• polarity

• solute

An attraction between molecules of the same substance is called...

• adhesion

• cohesion

Water molecules ________ since the slightly positive portion of a water molecule is attracted to the slightly negative portion of the next water molecule.

• stick together

• spread out

The amount of space taken up by matter is ...

• mass

• volume

• density

Attraction between molecules of the same substance is known as (a)   .

• Buffer

• Adhesion

• Hydrogen Bond

• Cohesion