State of Matter Including Plasmas

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Which is an example of a solid?

• water

• lightning

• air

• table

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What is a crystalline solid?

• solids with irregular patterns

• solids with regular patterns

• solids that are crystals

• lines of crystals on the side of the road

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What is an amorphous solid?

• solids whose particles are aligned

• solid whose particles are not arranged in a particular order

• solids that are like water

• solids that are like gas

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What is a liquid?

• matter than has a definite shape and definite volume

• matter that has an indefinite shape and indefinite volume

• matter that has a indefinite shape and definite volume

• matter that has definite shape and indefinite volume

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What shape to liquids have?

• definite shape

• takes the shape of the container they are in

• Spread out all over the place

• a table

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What is a gas?

• matter that has an indefinite volume but definite shape

• matter that has a definite shape but no definite volume

• matter that doesn't have a definite shape or definite volume

• matter that does not exist

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What happens to the particles in a gas?

• they run into each other

• they vibrate in place

• they dab each other

• they move very carefully around

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What is the term used to describe the glowing sphere of light seen on the top of a ship's mast?

• Saint Elmo's fire

• Radiant matter

• Plasma

• Phosphor

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Which state of matter is plasma?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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What is plasma?

• has an indefinite shape and indefinite volume

• has a definite shape and indefinite volume

• has a definite shape and definite volume

• a gas like state of matter where atoms have been stripped of electrons

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Who first discovered plasma in 1879?

• Sir William Crookes

• Irving Langmuir

• Saint Erasmus

• Saint Elmo

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How much of the universe do scientist believe to be made of plasma?

• 100%

• 50%

• 25%

• 99%

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What is plasma made of?

• Neutral atoms and molecules

• Ions and electrons

• Protons and neutrons

• Photons and electrons

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What happens to gas when it becomes plasma?

• It becomes a solid

• It becomes a liquid

• It becomes a gas

• It becomes ionized

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What property of plasma makes it highly conductive?

• Detached electrons

• Positive ions

• Neutral atoms

• Magnetic fields

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What is the role of plasma in fluorescent lights?

• It creates heat

• It produces light

• It generates electricity

• It ionizes the gas

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What is the temperature of lightning?

• Equal to the surface of the sun

• Five times the temperature of the sun

• Equal to the temperature of the Earth

• Five times the temperature of the Earth

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Where can plasma be found in the universe?

• Only on Earth

• Only in stars

• Only between galaxies

• In stars and between galaxies

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What is the intergalactic medium?

• A form of plasma

• A type of gas

• A vacuum

• A type of matter

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What are the three main states of matter?

• Solids, liquids, gases

• Plasmas, quark-gluon plasmas, nuclear matter

• Bose-Einstein condensates, neutronium, time crystals

• Sand, time crystals, nuclear matter

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What happens to the bonds in a solid when it is heated?

• They become stronger

• They break and become weaker

• They remain the same

• They transform into plasma

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What is the state of matter of quarks inside protons and neutrons?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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What are the statistical properties used to define a state of matter?

• Temperature and pressure

• Velocity and energy

• Density and viscosity

• Memory and computation

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What is the lowest energy state of a time crystal?

• Absolute zero temperature

• High motion of particles

• Oscillation between states

• Zero energy

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What happens to sand when air flows through it?

• It becomes a gas

• It becomes a liquid

• It remains a solid

• It transforms into plasma

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What is the behavior of a crowd when the people-density increases?

• It behaves like a gas

• It behaves like a liquid

• It behaves like a solid

• It transforms into plasma

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What is the term used to describe the emergent property of self-awareness in the conscious mind?

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Memory

• Computation

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What is the analogy of gas in atomic matter for a quark-gluon plasma?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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What is the term used to describe the emergent property of extremely low electrical resistance in a superconductor?

• Viscosity

• Compressibility

• Superfluidity

• Baryonic potential