Properties of Water Review Part 2

Which of the following is a consequence of water as a polar molecule that attracts other polar molecules?

• Water can only dissolve a limited amount of solute.
• Water is considered to be a universal solvent.

Which property of water helps explain the high boiling point of water?

• specific heat
• universal solvent

Which statement correctly describes a hydrogen bond?

• The bond between hydrogen in one water molecule and oxygen in a different water molecule.
• The bond between two hydrogen atoms within a molecule of water.

Which property of water provides the cooling effect of sweating?

• high heat of vaporization
• surface tension

Which of the following demonstrates the heat capacity/specific heat?

• ice floats in water
• it takes a long time of warm temperatures to raise lake water several degrees

Which property of water is illustrated by the picture below?

• polarity
• surface tension

Which property of water is responsible in causing salt to dissolve in it?

• polarity
• surface tension

Which property of water allows it to form droplets?

• adhesion
• cohesion

Which property of water causes water molecules to stick together?

• capillarity
• cohesion

Water makes an upward curved meniscus in a graduated cylinder. What property of water accounts for the attraction of the water to the glass?

• adhesion
• cohesion