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Water - EXAM

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When water rises up a thin straw or moves up a tree from the roots to the leaves, it is called _____________.

a)

Capillary Action

b)

Surface Tension

c)

Heat of Vaporization

d)

Density of Water

2.

Very light insects can sit on top of water because of

a)

Water's High Heat of Vaporization

b)

Surface Tension

c)

Water's High Specific Heat

d)

Capillary Action

3.

What property allows water molecules to stick to each other to form drops?

a)

Cohesion

b)

Adhesion

c)

Surface Tension

d)

Capillary Action

4.

When it rains, water will stick to your clothes and get them wet. What property is this an example of?

a)

Cohesion

b)

Adhesion

c)

High Specific Heat Capacity

d)

Surface Tension

5.

What does a water molecule look like? What are the elements that make up the molecule? What charge does each part have?

a)

A water molecule is a circle. It has no charge.

b)

A water molecule has two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen. The oxygen charge is slightly negative while the hydrogens have a slightly positive charge.

c)

Water molecules have a complete negative charge. They are complex and are polar. They also have hydrogen bonding.

d)

Water molecules have two hydrogen and one oxygen. They are atoms with different charges.

6.

What two elements make up water?

a)

Helium and oxygen

b)

Hydrogen and oxygen

c)

helium and carbon

7.

What word describes when water is attracted to OTHER substances like your finger or the table?

a)

cohesion

b)

adhesion

c)

Universal Solvent

8.

Tightness across the surface of water caused by polar water molecules pulling on each other is __.

a)

Surface Tension

b)

Univesal Solvent

c)

Adhesion

9.
How many Hydrogen atoms are in a water molecule?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
5
10.
How many Oxygen atoms are in a water molecule?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
4
11.

What word describes when water molecules stick to each other like magnets?

a)

cohesion

b)

adhesion

c)

surface tension

12.
What is the formula for water?
a)
2HO
b)
H2O
c)
ho2
d)
NaCl
13.

Water’s ability to travel “up” a paper towel

a)

surface tension

b)

capillary action

c)

polar molecule

14.

Which of the following is an example of COHESION?

a)

water sticking to water

b)

water sticking to glass

c)

oil sticking to plastic

d)

hydrogen sticking to oxygen

15.

Water is polar. What does that mean?

a)

it is a molecule with opposite charges on opposite ends

b)

it is a molecule with no charge

c)

it is a molecule with identical charges on opposite ends

d)

it is a molecule with too many protons

16.

Water sticks well to many materials. What term relates to this property of water?

a)

cohesion

b)

adhesion

c)

density

d)

surface tension

17.
When water molecules stick easily to other water molecules, this is called what?
a)
cohesion
b)
adhesion
18.
The tightness across the surface of water that enables paper clips to float is ____________.
a)
adhesion
b)

cohesion

c)
surface tension
d)
polarity
19.
Which property of water will cause water to bead up on glass?
a)
Adhesion
b)
Cohesion
c)
Ability to dissolve substances
d)
High specific heat
20.
The ability of water to move through and around substances is called?  (Examples:  Water moving through a paper towel; water being transported from the roots to the top leaves of a tree.)
a)
Capillary action
b)
Cohesion action
c)
Concave action
d)
None of the above
21.
What enables a water strider to stand on the water?
a)
Adhesion
b)
Cohesion
c)
Surface Tension
d)
None of the above
22.

What is the term for water's ability to defy gravity and climb up a tube?

a)

Capillary Action

b)

Specific Heat

c)

Universal Solvent

d)

Magic

23.
Which statement explains why water molecules stick together?
a)
both sides are negative
b)
one side has a positive charge and the other side has a negative charge
c)
one side has a negative charge adn the other side has a neutral charge
d)
both sides are positive
24.

Water's cohesive tension on its surface that forms a "film" and causes the belly flop.

a)

Surface adhesion

b)

Surface stickiness

c)

Surface Tension

d)

Cohesion

25.
Water freezes at what temperature ?
a)
0o F
b)
100o C
c)
32o C
d)
0o C