Properties
Why does water heat up slower than air?
What is high specific heat capacity
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
What process occurs when water leaves the ocean and enters the atmosphere as water vapor?
What is evaporation
What water properties contribute to waters ability to move up a plant (Capillary Action)?
What is cohesion and adhesion
In what way does water being a solvent help living things?
What is water can dissolve nutrients
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 process creates clouds by condensing water vapor into a liquid?
What is condesation
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
What property gives water the ability to moderate temperature?
What is specific heat capacity
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?
If water was placed on glass, what property would make the water stick together?
What is cohesion
What type of bond holds water molecules together?
What is hydrogen bond
Water flowing over land into rivers, lakes, or oceans
What is runoff
How do aquifers get recharged?
What is infiltration of rain through the soil and rock.