4 - States of Matter

Which best describes particles in a liquid?

• less freely moving than a solid

• more freely moving than a gas

• more freely moving than a solid

• completely unmoving

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Which is not a physical state of matter?

• vacuum

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Solids have a __________ shape and volume.

• indeterminate

• definite

• changing

• no

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Crystalline solids have __________.

• no phase changes

• an amorphous shape

• two-dimensional crystalline patterns

• repeating three dimensional patterns

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What causes surface tension?

• particles of a liquid pulling along the surface

• particles of a gas pushing down on a liquid

• particles of a liquid pushing up on the surface

• particles of a liquid pushing on the sides of a container

Particles with more energy move __________ than particles with less energy.

• slower and farther apart

• faster and farther apart

• slower and closer together

• faster and closer together

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Which is the average kinetic energy of the individual particles of a substance?

• temperature

• heat

• energy

• matter

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What moves into or out of a substance during a change of state?

• temperature

• matter

• mass

• thermal energy

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The vaporization that occurs only at the surface of a liquid is called __________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

• deposition

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When a material is melting, the temperature __________.

• remains the same

• fluctuates

• increases

• decreases

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