States of Matter Quiz

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object is called

• thermal energy.

• kinetic energy

• plasma

• temperature

The process of a liquid becoming a gas is called

• sublimation

• condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

The process of a liquid becoming a solid is called

• condensation

• freezing

• evaporation

• melting

A state of matter that is not a fluid is

• water

• gas

• liquid

• solid

Which state of matter has a definite volume, but not a definite shape?

• plasma

• gas

• liquid

• solid

In Boyle’s law if Pressure decreases then

• volume increases

• volume decreases

• temperature increases

• temperature decreases

Using Pascal’s principal calculate the force output by the larger piston of a hydraulic lift when a force of 1000 N is exerted on the smaller piston. The areas of the two pistons are 20 cm2 and 100 cm2.

• 7000 N

• 5000 N

• 2 N

• 200 N

Using Charles law .

V₁ = V₂

T_{1 .} T₂

If 30.0 liters of neon at 298 K is allowed to expand to 90.0 liters, what must the new temperature be to maintain constant pressure?

• 80 K

• 2400 K

• 894 K

• 1500 K

The force keeping an object floating on a liquid is called

• viscosity

• buoyant force

• natural force

• gravity

What method for determining buoyant force states that the buoyant force on an object in a fluid is an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid that the object displaces?

• Boyle’s law

• Charles’s law

• Archimedes’ principle

• Gay-Lussac’s law