Solid, Liquid, Gas Quiz

Match the following

• gas

• when particles in a solid or liquid move faster and further apart

• solid

• has no definite volume and no definite shape

• liquid

• another word for states of matter

• expansion

• has a definite volume and no definite shape

• phase

• has a definite shape and a definite volume

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The kinetic theory describes ___________________________.

• the motion of particles in all matter

• the temperature of particles in all matter

• the mass of particles in all matter

• the bonds between atoms of matter

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How tightly particles are packed determines _______________.

• the type of atoms present

• what states the matter takes

• the temperature of the matter

• what the next phase will be

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On a warm day, water vapor condenses on the outside of a drinking glass. Which best describes what is happening

• The water vapor is expanding

• The water vapor is gaining heat energy

• The water vapor is losing heat energy

• The water in the glass evaporated

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A student observes a substance in a beaker. The substance has a volume of 150mL. The student transfers the substance to a smaller flask. The volume did not change, but the substance has changed to match the shape of the flask. Which substance is the student observing.

• a solid changing into a liquid

• a liquid transferring to another container

• a gas becoming a liquid

• a gas becoming a solid

Vaporization is the term that describes __________________.

• gas changing to a liquid

• solid changing to a liquid

• liquid changing to a gas

• gas changing to a solid

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If you put dry ice on a table it _____________________.

• turns from a solid to a liquid

• turns from a solid to a gas

• turns from a solid to a plasma

• does not change its state of matter

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Cooling causes particles _________________.

• to move around more

• to move around less

• to evaporate

• to bond better with each other

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Solid changing to a gas is called

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• sublimation

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You tie a birthday balloon to the mailbox. The next morning, after a cold night, it looks shriveled and deflated. Txplain what causes a balloon to contract.

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