G6 U5: Water Review

I burn my feet on the sand at the beach and then cool my feet in the freezing ocean. What property of water allows the ground to be burning hot but the water to still be freezing cold?

• Adhesion

• Specific Heat

• Surface Tension

• Evaporation

What is it called when water sticks to water?

• Adhesion

• Surface tension

• Cohesion

• Condensation

What is it called when water sticks to other things?

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Evaporation

• Specific heat

Surface tension occurs when the top layer of water molecules interact only with the water molecules below it. Is this a property of adhesion or cohesion?

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

An estuary is an area of water where...

• Freshwater evaporates into clouds

• Saltwater and freshwater mix

• Rivers turn into oceans

• Salt collects on the shore

What causes a river to meander? (meander = curve)

• Gravity

• Glaciers

• Erosion and weathering

• High pressure

What watershed is Culpeper, VA located in?

• Mississippi River Watershed

• Rappahannock River Watershed – Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Potomac River Watershed – Gulf of Mexico

• Amazon River Watershed

What body of water does most of VA drain into?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Chesapeake Bay

Condensation occurs when water goes from:

• Liquid to gas

• Solid to liquid

• Gas to liquid

• Liquid to solid

Evaporation occurs when water goes from:

• Solid to gas

• Liquid to gas

• Gas to liquid

• Liquid to solid