Particle Theory of Matter

What are the states of matter?

• solid, liquid, and juice

• solid and liquid

• solid and gas

• solid, liquid, and gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which form has a definite shape?

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• clay

Which form does not take the shape of its container?

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• air

A gas...

• has a definite shape but no definite volume

• has a definite volume but no definite shape

• has fast-moving particles

• has slow-moving particles

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

At higher temperatures

• particles in an object have less energy

• particles in an object move faster

• a gas contracts

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following occurs when a liquid becomes a gas?

• the particles slow down

• the particles break away from one another

• the particles move closer together

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Particles in a solid

• are very close

• are slow

• are attracted to one another

• all of the above

Particles in a liquid

• are far apart

• move slowly

• highly attracted to one another

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Particles in a gas

• are very far apart

• extremely fast-moving

• not attracted to one another

• all of the above

All particles in a pure substance are identical.

• True

• False