Properties and States of Matter

Which of the following is a physical change?

• Rotting Wood

• Boiling Water

• Burning Food

• Baking a Cake

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of a chemical change?

• Gas Forms

• A Color Change

• Increase Temperature

• All are indicators of a chemical change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is defined as anything that has mass and takes up space?

• Volume

• Matter

• Density

• Cohesion

The ability for a liquid to be drawn up a narrow space against gravity is known as what?

(how plants get water to leaves)

• capillary action

• surface tension

• cohesion

• adhesion

A term that refers to water sticking to something else is known as what?

• Capillary Action

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Surface Tension

What is the most abundant state of matter?

• BEC

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Which is the most dense state of matter and has definite shape and volume?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which state of matter has definite volume but not shape?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Solid going to a gas without going to a liquid is called what?

Like solid carbon dioxide going to gaseous carbon dioxide

• Boiling

• Sublimation

• Deposition

• Freezing

• Melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What temperature does absolute zero happen (point where molecules stop moving - no kinetic energy)?

• 273 K

• 0 K

• 273 C

• 0 C

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-2