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#5 Properties of Water II

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Looking at an object through water can change its apparent size.  This is known as
a)
specific heat
b)
magnification
c)
reflection
d)
density
2.

What does it mean to refract? (refraction)

a)

bounce off

b)

to bend

c)

curve outward

3.
This image represents which property of water?
a)

refraction

b)
reflection
c)

magnification

d)

density

4.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
5.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
6.
Swimming pools and the ocean look shallower than they really are due to:
a)
reflection 
b)
dispersion
c)
refraction
d)
total internal reflection
7.
Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?
a)
The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
b)
The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
c)
The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
d)
The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.
8.
What property of water helps to moderate earth's temperature?
a)
adhesion
b)
cohesion
c)
high specific heat
d)

density

9.
The reason the water balloon did NOT pop while held over a flame is water's _________.
a)
Less dense than air.
b)
Hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
c)
polarity.
d)
high specific heat capacity.
10.
Why does ice float?
a)
As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.
b)
As water freezes, it takes up more hydrogen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.
c)
As water freezes, air becomes trapped between the hydrogen bonds of water molecules.
d)
As water freezes, it takes up more oxygen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.
11.
Water molecules require a lot of energy to separate one from the others.  This gives water a high
a)
density
b)
polarity
c)
solvency
d)
specific heat
12.
Water is a universal solvent because it...
a)
it can be found anywhere.
b)
it freezes when it gets cold.
c)
floats when frozen.
d)
dissolves most substances.
13.
One substance being dissolved in another substance is a _____________.
a)
solvent
b)
solution
c)
compound
d)
molecule
14.
The substance being dissolved in a solution is the ______________.
a)
solvent
b)
solute
15.
The substance that does the dissolving in a solution is the _______________.
a)
solvent
b)
solute