Names:

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Date ___________

Period _______

WATER WORLD INVESTIGATION DATA SHEET

STATION #1: Mixtures Station
Contents/Diagram
Name the liquids in each graduated
cylinder and draw a diagram

Qualitative Observation
(consider whether the substances mix or remain separate,
which substance is on top, what happens at the border
between them, how they interact with the glass)

Graduated
Cylinder 1
Graduated
Cylinder 2
Graduated
Cylinder 3

Infer: For each graduated cylinder, explain what is happening using terms polar and/or non-polar for each.
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STATION #2: Ice Model Station

Quantitative observations.

Which form of water took up the most space? What did you observe about
how molecules interacted in solid (ice) form versus liquid form?
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Date ___________

Period _______

STATION #3: Paper Clips in a Test Tube

Draw a diagram of your observations.
1. How many paper clips did you fit into the test tube before it overflowed?
Quantitative observations.

2. What did the water do before it overflowed? Why did it act this way?
Explain using the terms surface tension and hydrogen bonding.

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STATION #4: Floating Paper Clips

1. Explain how the paperclip floated on water in Part A; use terms surface tension & hydrogen bonding.
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2. Explain how the clip responded, if at all, in Part B. Why do you think this happened?
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STATION #5: Water Molecule Modeling Activity

Complete the ----Solubility---- section on your Water

Molecule Modeling Activity Worksheet.

(Questions #15 to #20)

Names: ___________________________________________________

Date ___________

Period _______

STATION #6: Salt Water

1. A solution is a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within
the major component (the solvent). Is the salt water in the beakers a solution? Why or Why not?
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2. Which substance is the solute? _____________________________. Solvent? _______________________________

3. Explain how salt reacted when added to each type of water.

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4. Explain how salt reacted when added to the oil. Offer an explanation for why.
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STATION #7: Celery
EXPLAIN what happened to the celery using your knowledge of
Draw diagram of what might
the properties of water. Include the terms cohesion and adhesion
be happening in the celery.
in your explanation.
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Date ___________

Period _______

STATION #8: Penny Station

Prediction

HEADS
Actual Findings

Prediction

TAILS
Actual Findings

Number of Water Droplets

a Penny Can Hold

1. Examine your results. How do your results compare with your prediction? Why do you think this
happened?
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2. Explain how properties of water (hydrogen bonding, surface tension, cohesion, adhesion) made it
possible for so many drops of water to stay on the penny.
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