Properties
This property of water allows a paper clip to float on the surface of water.
What is surface tension
This is the number of hydrogen atoms in a water molecule..
What is two?
Why does ice float on water?
What is Ice is less dense than liquid water
What role does the Sun play in the water cycle?
What is It provides energy that causes evaporation
This property of water demonstrates the attraction of one water molecule to another.
What is cohesion?
This is the number of oxygen atoms in a water molecule.
What is 1?
Water can absorb a lot of heat before changing temperature. This property is called:
Water vapor released from plants into the air
What is transpiration
This property of water allows water to "climb" up substances.
What is capillary action?
This is the chemical formula for water.
What is H20?
What happens to water molecules when water freezes?
What is They spread farther apart
What forms when water vapor condenses in the atmosphere?
What is clouds
Which property explains why lakes freeze from the top down?
What is Ice is less dense than water
Why is water called the “universal solvent”?
What is it dissolves more substances than most liquids
This is formed when two or more atoms combine. For example, water is one.
What is a molecule?
Which process allows water to soak into the ground and become groundwater?
What is infiltration
Lakes, rivers, streams and puddles are examples of what part of the water cycle?
What is accumulation or collection
What term describes the condition of having positive and negative charges?
What is polarity?
Which property of water helps it stick to other materials?
What is adhesion
What type of bond holds water molecules together?
What is hydrogen bond
Water flowing over land into rivers, lakes, or oceans
What is runoff