When the temperature of matter increases the particles...

• speed up and move closer
• speed up and move farther apart
• slow down and move closer together
• slow down and move farther apart

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What does this picture represent? 

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• plasma

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

If the tops were removed from the cylinders, the following would happen:

• The solid would fly out of the container
• The liquid would fly out of the container.
• The gas would fly out of the container.
• They ALL would fly out of the container.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The molecules in the picture are tightly held together with little movement. They have shape and energy.  Therefore, the picture represents _________.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What happens to the particles when I add heat?

• The particles get bigger
• The particles get smaller
• The particles get slower
• The particles get faster

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following statements describes a gas?

• It has a fixed volume
• It becomes the volume of it's container

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The state of matter having no definite shape or volume.

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The state of matter with definite volume but no definite shape.

• solid
• liquid 
• gas

What state of matter forms a geometric pattern?  It is also the coldest state of matter.

• solid
• liquid
• gas

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter.

• temperature
• meter
• second

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4