Properties
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Matter
Measuring in Science
Water Cycle
100

This property of water allows a pin to float on the surface of water.

What is cohesion at the surface (surface tension)?

100
This is the number of hydrogen atoms in a water molecule..
What is two?
100

This is the freezing point of water in Celsius... 

What is 0 degrees Celsius?


100
A student is recording the volume of a liquid. What unit of measurement will she use?
What is liters?
100
After swimming, you leave your towel out in the sun. An hour later, the towel is dry. What part of the water cycle best describes this process?
What is evaporation?
200
This property of water demonstrates the attraction of one water molecule to another.
What is cohesion?
200
This is the number of oxygen atoms in a water molecule.
What is 1?
200

In the lab, what tools are commonly used to measure mass?

What is a scale or double beam balance?

200
In the lab, what tools are commonly used to measure volume?
What is a beaker or graduated cylinder?
200
Snow, rain, sleet, hail. These are all examples of what part of the water cycle?
What is precipitation?
300
This property of water allows water to "climb" up substances.
What is capillary action?
300
This is the chemical formula for water.
What is H20?
300

This is the metric unit to measure temperature....

What is Celsius?

300
This unit of measurement is used to label mass.
What is grams?
300
Clouds and fog are examples of what part of the water cycle?
What is condensation?
400
Water molecules tend to "stick" together because of positively and negatively charged "ends" of the molecule. So, we say it is what kind of molecule?
What is a polar molecule?
400

This is the area of land that water flows through...

What is a watershed?

400

This is the metric base unit for length....

What is a meter?

400

This is the basic unit of volume in the metric system....

What is liters?

400
This is the water that falls to the Earth but is not absorbed in the ground....

What is runoff?

500
This property describes tightness across the surface of water, caused by the polar molecules pulling on one another.
What is surface tension?
500

This separates individual watersheds....

What are areas of higher elevation?

500

Water molecules stick to other.....

What is water molecules?

500
This system of measurement is used in science.
What is the metric or SI system?
500
What part of the water cycle is not visible?
What is water vapor or evaporation?
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