States of Matter and Phase Change

What observation can you make about what happened to the snowman?

• It changed from a liquid to a solid
• It changed from a liquid to a gas.
• It changed from a gas to a solid.
• It changed from a solid to a liquid.

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When you leave your cold drink outside, the glass may have water drops on it.  This is an example of...

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• estuary

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Which change is happening to the water?

• it is changing from a liquid to a gas
• it is changing from a liquid to a solid
• it is changing from a solid to a gas
• it is changing from a gas to a liquid

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Which process does the diagram show?

• freezing
• boiling
• evaporation
• melting

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The higher the average kinetic energy the __________________

• the higher the volume

• the higher the mass

• the higher the temperature

• the higher the density

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The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called:

• heat
• temperature
• motion
• momentum

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called:

• thermal energy
• conduction
• convection
• temperature

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Heat transfer occurs:

• in many directions
• both from warm objects to colder ones and from cold objects to warmer ones
• only from warm objects to colder ones
• only from cold objects to warmer ones

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The temperature of a substance increases as___.

• the substance expands
• the average kinetic energy of its particles increases
• the substance's volume increases
• the substance's mass increases

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When a popsicle melts, the particles in the popsicle _____.

• gain thermal energy and speed up

• there are no particles in popsicles

• lose thermal energy and slow down

• stay the same

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