Solids, Liquids, Gases

The attraction between particles gives solids a definite

• shape and volume

• shape and color

• shape and position

• flow and radius

The temperature at which a solid begins to liquefy is its ______ point.

• freezing

• boiling

• melting

• mass

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The amount of energy required for a liquid at its boiling point to become a gas is _____________.

• heat of fusion

• heat of vaporization

• transpiration

• freezing point

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_______________ is an increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal point

• thermal expansion

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According to the kinetic theory of matter, all matter is composed of

• waves

• particles

• solid material

• plasma

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Which of the following is a state of matter?

• particle

• thermal

• plasma

• diffuse

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When the temperature of a substance is lowered, its particles

• vibrate more quickly

• stop vibrating completely

• escape the attractive forces of the other particles

• vibrate more slowly

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The amount of energy needed to change a substance from the solid phase to the liquid phase is the substance's

• heat of vaporization

• heat of transformation

• melting point

• heat of fusion

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Why can people on one side of a room smell the scent of an air freshener sprayed on the opposite side of the room?

• The molecules of air freshener have thermally expanded

• The air pressure where the freshener was sprayed is greater than in the rest of the room

• The molecules of air freshener spread out until they are evenly distributed throughout the room

• The molecules of air freshener are amorphous

What is the most common state of matter in the universe?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma