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Chemistry - Water Questions

The document is a Grade 9 worksheet on the properties, hardness, pollution, and treatment of water. It includes fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and open-ended questions to assess understanding of water's characteristics and its importance for health and the environment. Key concepts covered include water's boiling and freezing points, its role as a universal solvent, types of water hardness, and methods for treating water.

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Chemistry - Water Questions

The document is a Grade 9 worksheet on the properties, hardness, pollution, and treatment of water. It includes fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, and open-ended questions to assess understanding of water's characteristics and its importance for health and the environment. Key concepts covered include water's boiling and freezing points, its role as a universal solvent, types of water hardness, and methods for treating water.

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Water: Properties, Hardness, Pollution, and Treatment — Grade 9 Worksheet

Water is a vital substance for life on Earth. Pure water is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless liquid that boils at
100 °C and freezes at 0 °C under standard pressure. Water has many unique properties, such as its high specific
heat capacity, high heat of vaporization, and ability to act as a universal solvent. Water can be hard or soft, and
it can be polluted by various substances. Understanding water’s properties and ways to treat it is essential for
health and the environment.

Fill in the Blank: Fill in the blank with the correct words.

1. Pure water boils at _ degrees Celsius and freezes at _ degrees Celsius at standard pressure.
2. Water is known as a _ because it dissolves many substances due to its polarity.
3. Hard water does not _ easily with soap, while soft water does.
4. The maximum density of water occurs at _ degrees Celsius.
5. _ is the process where water removes soluble substances from soil as it passes through.

Word Bank: 0, leaching, lather, 4, universal solvent, 100

Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct answer from the choices for each question.
Which property allows water to absorb a lot of heat without a large temperature change?
o A) Low boiling point
o B) High specific heat capacity
o C) High density
o D) Low melting point
2. What is one reason why ice floats on water?
o A) Ice is denser than liquid water
o B) Ice expands and becomes less dense than water
o C) Water contracts below 0 °C
o D) Ice has a high specific heat capacity
3. Which of the following is NOT a stage in large-scale water treatment?
o A) Chlorination
o B) Distillation
o C) Filtration
o D) Flocculation and sedimentation
4. What are the two types of water hardness?
o A) Permanent and temporary
o B) Mechanical and chemical
o C) Soft and hard
o D) Basic and acidic
5. Which of the following is a main water pollutant?
o A) Table salt
o B) Heavy metal ions
o C) Sugar
o D) Oxygen

Open-Ended Questions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.


1. Describe two ways water can be treated in homes to make it safer for drinking.
2. Explain why water has a higher boiling point than other molecules of similar size.
3. List two effects of water pollution on the environment or human health.
ANSWER KEY
Teachers: Please review all answers, especially open-ended responses, for accuracy and completeness.

Fill in the Blank

1. 100; 0
2. universal solvent
3. lather
4. 4
5. Leaching

Multiple Choice

1. B) High specific heat capacity


2. B) Ice expands and becomes less dense than water
3. B) Distillation
4. A) Permanent and temporary
5. B) Heavy metal ions

Open-Ended (Sample responses)

1. Two ways water can be treated at home are filtration (using activated carbon filters to remove
impurities) and boiling (heating water for 15 minutes to kill microorganisms).
2. Water has a higher boiling point than other molecules of similar size because of strong hydrogen bonds
between water molecules, which require more energy to break.
3. Water pollution can harm aquatic life by introducing toxic substances like heavy metals, and it can also
cause health problems for humans by contaminating drinking water with harmful chemicals or
microorganisms.

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