States of Matter

A substance has lots of free space between particles and those particles flow easily. In what phase of matter is this substance?

• Liquid

• Solid

• Gas

• Plasma

Which atoms are forming a solid?

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• None of them

A student observed steam rising from the pot of boiling water. The molecules in the steam are -

• packed tightly and barely moving

• moving very slowly as they rise

• spread apart and moving very fast

• packed tightly and moving a little

What is matter?

• All living things

• Food

• 2 dimensional shapes

• Anything that has mass and volume

What causes water molecules to change from a liquid into a gas?

• drinking the water

• pouring the water

• cooling the water

• heating the water

Which of the following examples shows the temperature affecting the phase of matter?

• The hot shower creates steam on the bathroom mirror

• A puddle evaporates off the hot pavement

• The heat of the dryer warms the clothes

• An oven keeps a turkey hot until guests arrive

• A warm day melts the ice off of a deck

When heat is added to water and it is changed to water vapor, this process is called -

• transpiration

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

When water is boiled in a container, the molecules __________ and the distance between them _________.

• slow down; decreases

• speed up; decreases

• speed up; increases

• slow down; increases

A substance has little free space between particles and those particles flow easily. In what phase of matter is this particle?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

When water condenses, it is changing from a ________ to a ________.

• solid; liquid

• gas; liquid

• liquid; solid

• liquid; gas