Water Properties Lab Assessment

Water is a universal solvent. This means that water can...

• change form

• not dissolve anything

• dissolve all/most substances

• not be dissolved

Tags

water properties

What should be done after you complete all trials in the experiment and write the information your table?

• Clean the penny

• Calculate the average number of drops

• Add more water

• Change the liquid

What scientific concept does the Walking Water Experiment demonstrate?

• Evaporation

• Magnetism

• Capillarity

• Photosynthesis

What will Dhyan and Nolan observe in the empty cups over time during the Walking Water Experiment?

• The water level will decrease.

• The water level will rise.

• The water will change color.

• The water will freeze.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Maddy and Vivi are conducting a Walking Water Experiment in the Lab. What causes water to move through the paper towel?

• Gravity

• Adhesion and cohesion

• Wind

• Heat

What is the expected behavior of cooking oil in water during the Universal Solvent Lab?

• Dissolves completely

• Floats and does not dissolve

• Mixes partially

• Settles at the bottom

Why doesn't water dissolve oil?  

• water is polar and oil is non polar
• both are polar substances
• water is non polar and oil is polar
• both are non polar 

What is the term for water's ability to defy gravity and climb up a tube?

• Capillary Action

• Specific Heat

• Universal Solvent

• Magic

What should Jazzy and Connor do with lab stations at the end of the experiment?

• Leave them as they are

• Clean up and return materials

• Add more materials

• Conduct another experiment

The tightness across the surface of water that enables paper clips to float is ____________.

• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension
• polarity