Match the following

• Definite volume but no definite shape

• Two major characteristic properties of solids

• Definite shape and definite volume

• Liquid

• Crystalline and Amorphous

• Two major characteristic properties of liquids

• Neither a definite shape or volume

• Solid

• Surface Tension and Viscosity

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The amount of space that matter fills is its

• Volume

• Particle

• Shape

• Size

Solid - (a)  

Liquid - (b)  

Gas - ​ ​ ​ (c)  

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas
• Particles packed in tightly  and vibrate in p
• Particles not fixed in place and have room to move
• Particles widely spaced and move around freely

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What three answers are true about gases?

• They collide together as they fly about

• Gases have a lower viscosity than liquids

• All gases have a distinct look and smell

• The volume of gas is the same as the volume of its container

Surface tension is an inward force , or pull, among molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules of a liquid closer together.

• True

• False

Viscosity means that a liquid is thin and can spread out easily when poured from its container.

• True

• False

Choose the one that does not belong when describing a solid.

• Hard

• Flexible

• Smooth

• Flows freely

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Crystalline solids have the following characteristics (choose 3 answers)

• They flow like sand

• They are made up of crystals

• The particles in these solids are arranged in patterns

• They melt at distinct temperatures

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Amorphous solids are not arranged in a regular pattern and they do not melt at distinct temperatures. When heat is applied, they can become softer and able to be bent and shaped.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A type of crystalline solid is (choose the one that does not belong)

• Salt

• Sugar

• Rain drop

• Snowflake