States of Matter

At higher temperatures

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

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Freezing

• Solid to gas
• Liquid to solid
• Gas to solid
• Liquid to gas

Boiling

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

Which state of matter has tightly packed molecules?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

What is happening when my ice cream changes from a solid to a liquid?

• freezing
• melting
• burning
• evaporation

Particles of a liquid

• are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.
• have no viscosity.
• decrease in volume with increasing temperature.
• are free to move around one another but still touch.

What term describes a solid changing to a gas?

• Deposition
• Sublimation
• Evaporation
• Freezing

What is condensation?

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

Which has a greater distance between particles?

• Solid
• Liquid

The slower the particles in a substance move,

• the colder it is.

• the warmer it is.

• the more energy it has.

• the less energy it has.