Properties of Water Quiz

What is the correct chemical formula for water?

• H₂O

• HO₂

• H₂O₂

• ₂H₁O

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Which of the following is an example of COHESION?

• water sticking to water

• water sticking to glass

• oil sticking to plastic

• hydrogen sticking to oxygen

Why does ice float?

• water expands when it freezes, making ice less dense than water

• water compacts when it freezes, making ice more dense than water

• hydrogen bonds in water push the ice to the surface

• ice is afraid of water, and avoids it

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

• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension
• polarity

Which statement explains why water molecules stick together?

• both sides are negative
• one side has a positive charge and the other side has a negative charge
• one side has a negative charge adn the other side has a neutral charge
• both sides are positive

Why does water move from the roots to the leaves of plants?

• Water is pushed by solutes
• Capillary action pulls the water molecules like a chain
• Water is pulled by gravity
• Water’s cohesion causes it to “pull” towards the leaves

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Water’s ability to be attraction 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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True or False:

Water exists in the following states:

-Solid

-Liquid

-Gas

• True

• False

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A water strider can skate along the top of a pond because:

• covalent bonds result in water cohesion (surface tension)

• hydrogen bonds result in water cohesion (surface tension)

• water striders have adapted to take advantage of water cohesion

• water striders are afraid of water and avoid it

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