Bonding, Water, Acids, Bases Quest

Surface tension means

• water molecules "stick" together

• water molecules "stick" to other things

• a thin skin on the surface of water

• hydrogen bonds result in weak attractions

Water is a universal solvent which means

• It can dissolve so many common substances

• It can dissolve oil

• It can't absorb a lot of energy without showing large temperature changes

• Water molecules get smaller when they freeze

What does capillary action mean?

• Water molecules are not attracted to each other

• Water molecules can defy gravity in small spaces

• Cohesion results in a thin skin forming on the surface of water

• Water molecules do not like to stick other molecules

Water molecules like to stick to the sides of containers. Which word describes this?

• cohesion

• adhesion

• capillary action

• specific heat

Which side of the water molecule is negative?

• The carbon side

• The hydrogen side

• The oxygen side

• The helium side

Why is ice strange?

• As a solid, it should sink in liquid but it floats

• As a solid, it should take longer to melt

• It has a very high density

• As a solid, it should float in liquid but it sinks

If an insect can walk on water, it is demonstrating what

• Adhesion

• Capillary Action

• High Heat Capactiy

• Surface Tension

Water molecules are what?

• ionic bonds

• polar molecules

• lacking in electric charge completely

• not solvents

Water molecules are what?

• strongly attracted to each other

• weakly attracted to each other

• ionic bonds

• not attracted to each other at all

An ionic bond includes what?

• two metals

• two nonmetals

• a metal and a nonmetal

• compounds only