Thermal Energy and States of Matter - Section 3

The physical change from one state of matter to another is called...

• melting
• change of state
• boiling
• freezing

At higher temperatures, vaporization can occur below the surface of a liquid. This process is called...

• boiling
• freezing
• evaporating
• change of state

If vaporization takes place at the surface of a liquid, this is called...

• freezing
• melting
• evaporation
• state

A change from a gas state to a liquid state is called...

• evaporation
• condensation
• melting
• freezing

Water can exist in three different ________________ or forms.

• conditions
• states
• ways
• types

The change in state from a solid to a liquid is called...

• freezing
• condensating
• freezing
• melting

The change in state from a liquid to a solid is called...

• melting

• freezing

• condensating

• evaporating

____________________ is the expanding of matter when it is heated.

• thermal
• heat energy
• thermal expansion
• thermal action

The three states of matter are...

• solid, liquid, gas
• ice, water, vapor
• solid, gas, matter
• solid, liquid, air

What causes a solid to melt?

• the subtraction of thermal energy
• the addition of thermal energy
• thermal energy
• temperature