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- 1. Multiple ChoiceLarge 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.
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What two elements make up water?Helium and oxygenHydrogen and oxygenhelium and carbonoxygen and carbon - 3. Multiple ChoiceWater is a universal solvent because it...It can be found anywhereIt freezes when it gets coldfloats when frozenDissolves most substances
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe fact that ice floats on liquid water is due to the fact that water's solid is ___________ than it's liquid formless polarmore polarless densemore dense
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow much of Earth's water is salt water?50%66%75%97%
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe tightness across the surface of water that enables paper clips to float is ____________.adhesioncapillary actionsurface tensionpolarity
- 7. Multiple ChoiceNumber 2 in the water cycle diagram is ___________.The Suncondensationprecipitationevaporation
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement explains why water molecules stick together?both sides are negativeone side has a positive charge and the other side has a negative chargeone side has a negative charge adn the other side has a neutral chargeboth sides are positive
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most powerful agent in weathering and erosion?watersoilgrasswind
- 10. Multiple ChoiceLarge 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 fallabsorb heat in the fall and slowly release that heat in the springabsorb heat in the summer and slowly release that heat in the winterabsorb heat in the winter and slowly release that heat in the summer
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHuman waste that was dumped into rivers and caused diseases led to the development of what?storm drains to collect litterlarger and wider drinking wellswaste disposal landfilswater and sewage treatment plants
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Triple beam balance measures the mass of an object. What is the metric unit to measure mass?grampoundlitermeter
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