Big Science Work: Physical Science

What is it called when water changes from a liquid to a water vapor?

• EVAPORATION

• PRECIPITATION

• TRANSPIRATION

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How many physical changes does solid matter go through before it becomes plasma?

• 3: Liquid, Gas, Plasma

• 2: Plasma, Gas

• 4: Solid, Gas, Liquid, Plasma

• 600: Spider-Cam, Thor, Hulk, etc.

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Which statement about atoms is true?

• They are all the same
• All substances are made of just one kind
• You can see them with your eyes
• They are too small to be seen with an ordinary microscope

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Adding HEAT to matter causes its particles to:

• move faster and farther apart
• Move slower and farther apart
• Move faster and closer together
• Move slower and closer together

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Which state of matter has particles arranged like this?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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Which state of matter has particles arranged like this?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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Which form of matter has a definite shape and takes up space (has definite volume)?

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• clay

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When the temperature of matter decreases the particles ...

• speed up and move farther apart
• speed up and move closer together
• slow down and move farther apart
• slow down and move closer together

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What does this picture represent? 

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• plasma

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Plasma can be found in which of the following?

Choose ALL of the answers that make sense.

• Auroras

• Lightning

• LED light bulbs

• Stars

• Moons