States of Matter

States of matter is a __________ property.

• chemical
• physical

Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?

• liquid
• gas
• solid
• plasma

What term describes a solid changing to a gas?

• Melting
• Sublimation
• Evaporation
• Freezing

What term describes a liquid changing to a solid and is the opposite of melting?

• Melting
• Sublimation
• Evaporation
• Freezing

Particles of a liquid

• are tightly packed together and vibrate in place
• have no viscosity.
• collide with one another
• vibrate and slide past each other

Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• plasma

• It remains the same.
• It changes greatly.
• It changes minimally.
• Unable to tell.

The drops of water that appear on the outside of a glass of cold juice on a warm day are an example of?

• sublimation
• condensation
• evaporation

At higher temperatures

• particles in an object have less energy
• particles spread out and move faster
• a gas contracts

This is an image of particles in a 

• solid
• liquid
• gas