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Properties of water, water distribution, water cycle

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What percentage of the Earth's water is salt water?

About 97 %

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What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered in water?

About 70%

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What is water found below the surface called?

Groundwater

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Icebergs are water in _____________ state

solid

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What elements make up a water molecule?

Hydrogen (2 atoms) and oxygen (1 atom)

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Water molecules stick to other materials due to its polar nature. This property is called...

Adhesion

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TRUE OR FALSE: One side of the water molecule has a small positive charge and the other side has a small negative charge.

True. Water is a polar molecule.

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Why is water called the "universal solvent"?

It dissolves more substances than any other liquid.

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What property of water allows insects to walk on water?

High surface tension

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Plants release water to the air through...

(Evapo)transpiration

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When we hang the washing on the line, the clothes dry because of...

evaporation

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Should we drink salt water?

No

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The property by which water molecules bond to each other is called...

cohesion

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TRUE OR FALSE: Water heats up and cools quickly.

False. Water has resistance to change its temperature.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Water expands when it freezes.

True. Ice is less dense than water (and that is why ice floats on liquid water).

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What is condensation?

The change from gas (water vapour) to liquid

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