Quiz Retake - Properties of Water

Which property of water allows it to stick to other substances?

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Surface tension

• Evaporation

What is the term for the attraction between molecules of the same substance?

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface tension

• Capillary action

What property of water allows insects to walk on its surface?

• Viscosity

• Surface tension

• Density

• Solubility

Which of the following best describes surface tension?

• The ability of water to dissolve substances

• The force that allows objects to float

• The cohesive force at the surface of a liquid

• The temperature at which water boils

Why does water have a high surface tension?

• Because of its high density

• Due to the cohesive forces between water molecules

• Because it is a good solvent

• Due to its low boiling point

How does surface tension benefit insects?

• It allows them to breathe underwater

• It enables them to walk on water

• It helps them to fly

• It provides them with nutrients

Water is able to travel from roots to leaves in plants using water's properties of​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• adhesion
• cohesion
• surface tension
• attraction
• evaporation

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Water molecules are attracted to each other and stick together because of​ (a)   . This property is also responsible for ​ (b)   which allows water striders, a small insect, to walk on water.

• cohesion
• surface tension
• adhesion
• attraction
• evaporation

Mary spills a glass of water. When she places a paper towel over the liquid, she

notices that the water absorbs and spreads throughout the towel automatically.

Which statement describes why this happens?

• Weak cohesion between different water molecules causes the water to be

  pushed along the surface of the towel.

• Strong cohesion attracts the water to the paper towel and causes the water to

  move along the surface of the towel.

• Weak adhesion between different water molecules causes the water to be

  pushed along the surface of the towel.

• Strong adhesion attracts the water to the paper towel and causes the water to

  move along the surface of the towel.

Match the following

• Cohesion

• Rainwater falling in droplets

• Surface tension

• water droplets forming on flower's petals

• Adhesion

• Water strider insect moving across the surface of still water