States of Matter and Changes of State Review

The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object or substance.

• thermal energy

• vaporization

• evaporation

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What happens to a liquid when you keep on cooling it until it changes?

• It becomes a gas.

• It stays the same.

• It becomes a different liquid.

• It becomes a solid.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A substance that has a definite shape and definite volume.

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• matter

Honey flows slowly compared to many other liquids. Which property of a liquid does this illustrate?

• flexibility

• expandability

• viscosity

• surface tension

A substance that has a definite volume but no shape of its own.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• particle

A water strider is able to do the impossible: walk on water. Which property of a liquid does this illustrate?

• expandability

• flexibility

• surface tension

• viscosity

Anything that takes up physical space.

• liquid

• solid

• volume

• matter

An inward force, or pull, among the molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together.

• surface tension

• volume

• viscosity

• matter

A substance that has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume is a

• fluid.

• liquid.

• solid.

• gas.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object or substance.

• sublimation

• boiling point

• temperature

• thermal energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4