Polarity
Surface Tension: Milk Experiment
Surface Tension: Suminagashi
Surface Tension & Animal Life
Any Chemistry
100

What is polarity?

It is when a bond of different atoms have both a positive charge on one side, and a negative charge on the other side.

100

What are the ingredients for this experiment?

Dish, Milk, Soap, Qtip, and Food Coloring

100

What are the ingredients for this art project?

Water, big bowl, paint, paper, paper towel/towel.

100

What macroinvertebrates takes advantage of surface tension and skid/whirl across the water?

A water strider and a whirligig beetle.

100

What is water’s chemical formula?

H2O

200

What do opposites do?

Attract

200

What is the soap doing in this experiment?

Is is a surfactant in this experiment which breaks the surface tension in the milk.


200

What paper should you use in this experiment?

You should use a piece of paper that can absorb things very well, however, any paper will do.

200

What does the water strider have on its legs in order to not break surface tension?

Hair

200

What is water made up of?

2 Hydrogen atoms and 1 Oxygen atom.

300
Is water a polar molecule?

Yes

300

What is milk made out of?

Fat and Water

300

What happens to the paint as it goes on the water?

The paint is held by surface tension.

300

How does the water strider detect a small insect to eat?

By feeling the vibrations the small insect makes when it lands on the surface of the water.

300

What is Electroegativity?

The tendency for an atom to take on additional electrons.

400

Where are the water molecules cohesive?

At the surface of water.

400

What happens in this experiment?

The soap breaks surface tension allowing the water to move about which then bumps into the fat which then all bumps into the food coloring, creating a colorful effect.

400

What country is this art form from?

Japan

400

Where do water striders spend their time at?

Slow-moving or still areas of water.

400

What is a compound?

Two or more elements that are chemically combined.

500

What does an oxygen atom from one water molecule attract to?

A Hydrogen atom

500

What happens when you take the Qtip with soap on it out of the milk?

The effect keeps happening.

500

Is clean up of this art form easy?

Yes

500

Is a water strider a spider?

No, spiders have 8 legs, but a water strider has 6 legs.

500

What are molecules?

It is the smallest amount of a bond to still have the same properties of that bond.