States of Matter

Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?

• liquid
• gas
• solid
• air

How is a gas defined?

• Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
• Definite shape, definite volume
• Found in stars
• Definite volume, indefinite shape

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What term describes a solid changing to a gas?

• Deposition
• Sublimation
• Evaporation
• Freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What term describes a liquid changing to a solid?

• Deposition
• Sublimation
• Evaporation
• Freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Particles of a liquid

• are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.
• have no viscosity.
• decrease in volume with increasing temperature.
• are free to move around one another but still touch.

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

______________________ takes place when a liquid changes to a solid.

• freezing
• melting
• boiling
• sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas

• It remains the same.
• It changes greatly.
• It changes minimally.
• Unable to tell.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When a gas changes directly to a solid, the process is known as what?

• Sublimation
• Condensation
• Deposition
• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4