Unit 4 Practice (Properties of Matter)

The three main states of matter are: _______________ _______________ & _______________.

• solid, liquid, and gas

• cold, warm, and hot

• physical, chemical, and universal

• biological, geological, and astrophysics

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

_______________ _______________ has a definite volume and takes the shape of the container.

• solid only

• liquid only

• gas only

• liquid and gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

________________ depends on the location of an object but _______________ does not.

• Mass; weight

• Weight; mass

• Volume; mass

• Mass; volume

The temperature at which a substance in a solid state transforms into a liquid state is called _______________ _______________.

• boiling point

• melting point

• freezing point

• sublimation point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When ice melts, the volume _______________ but the mass ______________________________.

• decreases; stays the same

• increases; decreases

• decreases; increases

• stays the same; increases

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

If a substance has no definite volume and no definite shape that substance is a gas. This means the particles are _______________ _______________ and _______________ ________________.

• far apart; vibrate in place

• close together; move freely

• far apart; move freely

• close together; vibrate in place

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When liquid substances transform into the gaseous phase it is called the _______________ _______________.

• melting point

• boiling point

• freezing point

• sublimation point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When a substance changes from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a gas, the energy _______________ and the particle spacing ________________.

• increases; increases

• increases; decreases

• decreases; increases

• decreases; decreases

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The phase of matter of water is a __________________ property of matter.

• biological

• universal

• chemical

• physical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

If the average movement of particles in an object increases, the temperature of the object __________________.

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• increases and decreases alternatively

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4