States of Matter

How is a gas defined?

• no shape, no volume
• Definite shape, definite volume
• Found in stars
• Definite volume, no shape

What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?

• evaporation
• burning
• melting
• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• plasma

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Define a liquid

• no shape, no volume
• Definite shape, definite volume
• Found in stars
• Definite volume, no shape

Bonus Question: Change of state from a solid directly to a gas is called

• deposition
• melting
• evaporation
• sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

At higher temperatures

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A gas

• has a definite shape but no definite volume
• has a definite volume but no definite shape
• has fast-moving particles

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Boiling

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which state of matter has tightly packed molecules?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1

Particles (molecules) in a ______________________ have more energy than the other states of matter.

• gas
• solid
• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4