States of matter and thermal energy

What makes this snowperson melt?

• heat causing particles to slow down

• heat causing particles to speed up

• light making particles stop

• air making particles disappear

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Thermal energy is also known as ___________ energy

• heat

• light

• potential

• mechanical

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Which of the following have definite volume?

• liquids and gases

• solids and liquids

• solids and gases

• only solids

At higher temperatures

• particles in an object have less kinetic energy

• particles in an object move faster

• a gas contracts

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Which State of Matter has the most energy?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

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When the temperature of matter decreases the particles ...

• speed up and move farther apart
• speed up and move closer together
• slow down and move farther apart
• slow down and move closer together

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If an object has particles that are moving very slowly, the object's temperature is probably ______.

• hot
• small
• cold
• big

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Temperature is a measure of a substance's average

• kinetic energy

• heat

• density

• electrostatic force

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Matter in this state has no definite shape, but has definite volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

which of these shows a substance in a GAS state?

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