Principles of Water

Large bodies of water do not quickly fluctuate in temperature. Why?

• Water is a solvent.
• Water has a high heat capacity.
• Water acts as a buffer.
• Water is non-polar.

What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen
• Hydrogen and oxygen
• helium and carbon
• oxygen and carbon

Water is a universal solvent because it...

• It can be found anywhere
• It freezes when it gets cold
• floats when frozen
• Dissolves most substances

The fact that ice floats on liquid water is due to the fact that water's solid is ___________ than it's liquid form

• less polar
• more polar
• less dense
• more dense

How much of Earth's water is salt water?

• 50%
• 66%
• 75%
• 97%

The tightness across the surface of water that enables paper clips to float is ____________.

• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension
• polarity

Number 2 in the water cycle diagram is ___________.

• The Sun
• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

Which statement explains why water molecules stick together?

• both sides are negative
• one side has a positive charge and the other side has a negative charge
• one side has a negative charge adn the other side has a neutral charge
• both sides are positive

What is the most powerful agent in weathering and erosion?

• water
• soil
• grass
• wind

Large bodies of water help to keep nearby climates from being too hot or too cold  because they...

• absorb heat in the spring and slowly release that heat in the fall
• absorb heat in the fall and slowly release that heat in the spring
• absorb heat in the summer and slowly release that heat in the winter
• absorb heat in the winter and slowly release that heat in the summer