S8P2 Phases of Matter

Which type of arrangement and movement would particles of solid water display?

• Particles are closely packed together, and they vibrate back and forth.

• Particles are spread far apart, and they move very quickly.

• Particles are close together, but they are able to slip past one another.

• Particles are spread far apart, and electrons are detached from atoms.

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In which state of matter do particles spread and fill the volume of the container that holds them?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

How are plasma and gas different?

• Plasma has a definite shape, but gas does not.

• Gas is hotter than plasma.

• Electrons separate from atoms in plasma and plasma is hotter.

• Gas has a definite volume, but plasma does not.

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What is the difference between solids, liquids, and gasses?

• the average speed of movement of the individual molecules

• the mass of the individual atoms

• the size of the individual atoms

• the average protons in the individual atoms

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In the picture, the circles in the cups represent the same particles of matter. Which answer correctly identifies each state of matter?

• solid; liquid; gas

• solid; gas; liquid

• gas; liquid; solid

• liquid; solid; plasma

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As an ice cube melts, its molecules

• absorb heat energy and move farther apart

• release heat energy and move farther apart

• absorb heat energy and move closer together

• release heat energy and move closer together

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A counter with water spilled on it and left long enough will become dry because ____.

• water molecules evaporate into the air as gas molecules.

• water left on the counter starts to boil and becomes a gas.

• water molecules vaporize into the air.

• water slowly combines with oxygen to become carbon dioxide.

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