Properties of Water Quiz CC

What is the only substance on Earth that occurs naturally in solid, liquid, and gas forms?

• Water

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

What did Mars' rover Opportunity find on the surface of Mars that indicated the presence of long-term liquid water?

• 20 inch long vein of silver

• 20 inch long vein of diamond

• 20 inch long vein of gypsum

• 20 inch long vein of gold

What is the attraction between two like things called?

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Surface tension

• Capillary action

What is the attraction between two different substances called?

• Capillary action

• Surface tension

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

What is the term for a substance that is fearful of water?

• Nonpolar

• Hydrophobic

• Polar

• Hydrophilic

Who was the first person to recognize hydrogen gas as a distinct substance and to determine the composition of water?

• Henry Cavendish

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Albert Einstein

What is the temperature at which water molecules start to solidify?

• 32 degrees Celsius

• 32 degrees Fahrenheit

• 0 degrees Fahrenheit

• 0 degrees Celsius

What is the term for the comparative density of hydrogen and other gases with reference to common air?

• Specific gravity

• Surface tension

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

What is the principle behind sweating to cool down the body?

• Evaporation of water takes heat energy with it

• Water absorbs heat energy from the body

• Water molecules break down into hydrogen and oxygen

• Water becomes denser when it evaporates

What is the term for the attraction between one molecule of water and another molecule of water?

• Capillary action

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Surface tension