Solids, Liquids and Gases Chapter Review

The surface of water can act like a sort of skin due to a property of liquids called _____________________.

• viscosity

• condensation

• surface tension

• evaporation

Which state of matter undergoes changes in volume most easily?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Frozen

According to Charles’s law, when the temperature of a gas at constant pressure is increased, its ______________________.

• volume increases

• mass increasese

• volume decreases

• particles move more slowly

The change from liquid to solid, or the reverse of melting, is called ______________________.

• Condensation

• Boiling

• Sublimation

• Freezing

An uncovered pot of soup is simmering on a stove, and there are water droplets on the wall above the back of the stove. What sequence can you infer has occurred?

• melting, then boiling

• freezing, then thawing

• vaporization, then condensation

• condensation, then vaporization

In cold climates, the amount of snow on the ground may decrease even if the temperature stays below zero degrees Celsius. The process that best explains this event is _________________________.

• condensation

• sublimation

• melting

• evaporation

The state of matter in which particles are arranged in either a crystalline or an amorphous form is ________________.

• liquid

• gas

• solid

• fluid

The greater the speed of gas particles in a container, the __________________________________________.

• fewer collisions there will be.

• lower the temperature

• greater the pressure

• lower the pressure

Pressure can be measured in units of _____________________.

• newton

• newtons per square meter

• newtons per square centimeter

• newtons per cubic centimeter

According to Boyle’s law, when the pressure of a gas increases at constant temperature, its volume ________________.

• increases

• stay's constant

• decreases

• increases, then decreases