States of Matter

Properties of matter are things you can ______________________.

• taste
• see
• touch
• all of the above

You can change solids, liquids and gasses.

• True
• False

Tyler has a container filled with matter that has a definite shape. Which state of matter is the matter in the container?

• Mixture
• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid

After a snowstorm, long icicles hang from every tree. As they melt and begin to drip, they change from a

• liquid to a solid
• liquid to a gas
• gas to a liquid
• solid to a liquid

Sara fills an ice cube tray with water and puts it in the freezer. This will change the state of matter from

• gas to a liquid.
• solid to a liquid.
• liquid to a gas.
• liquid to a solid.

If you put a bar of chocolate on a hot stove, the chocolate gets heated from the stove. What will happen to the chocolate?

• It will condense.
• It will evaporate.
• It will melt.
• It will freeze.

An ice cube melting is an example of a _______________.

• physical change
• chemical change

Water can exist in three states. What are these?

• boiling, freezing, and melting
• freezing, boiling, and melting
• solid, liquid, and gas
• syrup, liquid, and gas

Mrs. Carpenter puts her cold glass of soda on her desk. When she picks it up, there is a ring of water on her desk. What change took place?

• liquid to solid
• solid to liquid
• gas to liquid
• liquid to solid

A cold glass "sweating," or leaving a ring, is an example of _______________.

• freezing
• melting
• condensation
• evaporation