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Amoeba Sisters Property of Water

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What shape is a water molecule described as?

a)

Linear

b)

Tetrahedral

c)

V-shaped

d)

Circular

2.

What type of charge does the oxygen in a water molecule have?

a)

Neutral

b)

Slightly negative

c)

Highly positive

d)

Slightly positive

e)

Highly negative

3.

What type of charge does the hydrogen in a water molecule have?

a)

Neutral

b)

Slightly negative

c)

Highly positive

d)

Slightly positive

e)

Highly negative

4.

What allows water molecules to bond together easily?

a)

Metallic bonds

b)

Covalent bonds

c)

Ionic bonds

d)

Hydrogen bonds

5.

What property of water helps it fight against gravity in plants?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Evaporation

c)

Surface tension

d)

Cohesion

6.

Why can water striders skate on water?

a)

Because of water's low surface tension

b)

Because of water's viscosity

c)

Because of water's cohesion

d)

Because of water's adhesion

7.

What makes water a powerful solvent?

a)

Its clarity

b)

Its specific heat

c)

Its polarity

d)

Its density

8.

What happens to water when it freezes?

a)

It expands and becomes less dense

b)

It evaporates

c)

It becomes a perfect crystal

d)

It contracts and becomes denser

9.

What is the specific heat of water?

a)

The heat released when 1 g of water freezes

b)

The heat needed to evaporate 1 g of water

c)

The heat needed to freeze 1 g of water

d)

The heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1K

10.

How does water contribute to the cooling of animals?

a)

By increasing humidity

b)

By decreasing temperature directly

c)

Through condensation

d)

Through evaporation

11.

The ability of water to not freeze over the world easily, or prevent it from getting to hot is called

a)

Its high specific heat

b)

It's high density

c)

It allows for rapid temperature changes

d)

It has a low boiling temperature

12.

When water molecules are attracted to one another and stick to each other it is called:

a)
Cohesion
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Adhesion
13.

Sweating helps you

a)

cool down through evaporation

b)

warm up through evaporation

c)

cool down due to its adhesion

d)

warm up due to cohesion

14.

Water is a universal solvent and dissolves many molecules because

a)

It is polar and has hydrogen bonds

b)

It is non-polar and has hydrogen bonds

c)

It is polar and has oxygen bonds

d)

It is nonpolar and has oxygen bonds

15.

Plants can "drink water" up from their roots because of both cohesion and adhesion, but we call this

a)

hydrophilic

b)

high heat capacity

c)

universally solvent

d)

capillary action

16.

Water dissolves (mixes well) ________ molecules and not _________

a)

nonpolar, polar

b)

polar, nonpolar

c)

lipids, salt

d)

smaller, larger