States of Matter and Physical Changes Test Review

The study of matter and what matter does

• biology

• chemistry

• anatomy

• astrology

A small particle that is the building block of matter

• atom

• cell

• mixture

• Lego

Two or more atoms that are held together and act as a unit

• mixture

• liquid

• gas

• molecule

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• vacuum of space

• chemistry

• matter

What is volume?

• the amount of matter that is in an object

• the amount of space that an object takes up

• the amount of matter that is in an object per unit of space it takes up

Matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Matter that does not have a definite shape nor a definite volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Matter that has a definite volume, but not a definite shape.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Which one of the following would NOT be considered vapor?

• the gas state of a substance that is normally a gas at room temperature

• the gas state of a substance that is normally a liquid at room temperature

• the gas state of substance that is normally a solid at room temperature

Energy that is due to motion:

• potential energy

• kinetic energy