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Water Section 1-2
Water Section Quiz Study Cards
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6th Grade
05/19/2010

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What is the short way to write the chemical formulafor water?

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H2O
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What is a molecule that has electrically charged areas?
Definition
Polar Molecule
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What is "surface tension"?
Definition
The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by polar molecules pulling o n each other.
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What is the combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials?
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Capillart Action
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What is "solution"
Definition
A mixture that forms when one substance disolves another. Think of Lemonade mix.
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What is the substance that does the dissolving?
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Solvent
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What is evaporation?
Definition
The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state.
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What is the process by which a gas changes back to a liquid?
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Condensation
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What is "specific heat"?
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The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of a substance.
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***BONUS***

About how many types of atoms combine in different ways to form all types of matter?

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100 types of atoms
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2 _______ atoms bonded to an _______ atom to form a water molecule
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hydrogen and oxygen
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The _______ hydrogen ends of one water molecule attract the _______ oxygen ends of nearby water molecules. As a result, the water molecules tend to _______ ________.
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Positive

Negative

Stick Together

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_______ ________ also causes raindrops to form round beads when they fall onto a car windshield.
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Surface Tension
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What is one reason water is able to dissolve many substances.
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It's polar and the charged ends of the water molecule attract the molecules of the other polar substances.

(Think of suger dissolving in hot tea)

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Why doesn't water dissolve oil and wax?
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Nonpolar molecules do not dissolve well in water.
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