States of Matter

Matter that has a definite volume and a definite shape is a ____.

• gas

• liquid

• plasma

• solid

Matter in which atoms are tightly held in place is a ____.

• gas

• liquid

• plasma

• solid

Matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape is a ____.

• gas

• liquid

• plasma

• solid

Matter with no definite volume and no definite shape is a ____.

• gas

• liquid

• plasma

• solid

Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughout their container is a ____.

• gas

• liquid

• plasma

• solid

As a sample of matter is heated, its particles ____.

• are unaffected

• move more quickly

• move more slowly

• stop moving

Increasing ____ raises the boiling point of a liquid.

• temperature

• the amount of liquid

• pressure

• volume

The particles that make up a solid move ____ than do the particles that make up a gas.

• in the same way

• more quickly

• more quickly and farther

• more slowly

The idea that matter is made up of small particles that are in constant motion is ____.

• Bernoulli’s principle

• heat of fusion

• Charles’s law

• the kinetic theory of matter

Viscosity is a measure of a fluid's ____.

• resistance to flow

• adhesive forces

• average kinetic energy

• buoyancy