Properties of Water with Amoeba Sisters

What is the shape of a water molecule?

• Linear

• Square Planar

• Outstretched V

• Tetrahedral

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

• Low density

• Adhesion

• High viscosity

• Surface tension

The property which allows insects and other organisms to walk on water is called

• adhesion.

• cohesion.

• surface tension.

• high specific heat.

Why is water considered a powerful solvent?

• It is non-polar

• It can dissolve non-polar molecules

• It can dissolve polar molecules and ionic compounds

• It has a high boiling point

The above happens because

• ice is more dense than liquid water.

• ice floats.

• ice is less dense than liquid water.