Story Questions
Importance/About of Water
Water Cycle
Other Random Question
100
It was a hot summer day and you went to go get a glass of water, you set it out beside the window and forgot it. the next day most of it was gone! what happend?
The water evaporated.
100
Describe as best as possibe what a water molecule looks like.
<--This
100
Dew on the grass is what process?
Condensation.
100
what do you know about each particle of a solid, liquid and gas?
Solid- Tight, packed together. cant move.
Liquid- Can move but very little space, bumps into eachother alot.
Gas- Alot of space to move, rarely ever bumpes into another gas particle.
200
One day it was raining. There was a puddle after the rain stoped. The next day it was gone. Why?
Either it evaporated, got asorbed into the ground for a plant, or some animal drank it.
200
water molecules are polar. what does that mean?
On one end of the molecule it is positive and on the other side is negetive.
200
What is it called when liquid falls from the clouds?
Precipitation.
200
Name the forms of Precipitation.
Snow, Rain, Hail, Sleet, Freezing Rain.
300
Lets say you interviewed a water molecule. The molecule said that him and his buddies stick together alot. why is this?
There can be two answers to this question...
1) They are polar.
2)The negative and Positive charges from other molecules are sticking together.
300
what are 4 ways water is important?
Carries nutrients to all cells in our bodie, Shapes earths surface, we need it to live/drink, good for agricualture, we need it to digest food and get rid of waste, animals need it, carries oxygen to our brains, etc.
300
what is the change from a Liquid to a Gas called?
Evaporation.
300
What role do plants have in the water cycle?
Their role is Transpriation.
400
You set your ice cold drink down. you come back to it half a hour later and there are water droplets on the sides of you cup. Why?
The water was at the dew point/condensation happend.
400
Is water a Universal Solvent? why or why not?
Yes, is can dissolve many substances, not just a few.
400
what is the change of a Gas to a Liquid called?
Condensation.
400
what precent of earths water is fresh?
3% is fresh.
500
A plant in a closed box alwas has enough water. Why?
Energy from the sun and the water that the plant already has will cycle through the air and back down into the soil.
500
How are Polarity and Cohesion related?
polarity means water molecules will stick together.
cohesion means that it will stick to othe substances.
500
What is the name of the process that changes a solid into a gas without becoming a liquid called?
Sublimation.
500
when can sublimation happen?
Usually on icy low relative humidity and dry windy days.