Grade 7 States of Matter Quiz

What is the process by which a liquid turns into a gas?

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Solidification

What is the process by which a gas turns into a liquid?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Solidification

What is the term for the change of state from a solid to a liquid?

• Melting

• Freezing

• Condensation

• Sublimation

What is the term for the change of state from a liquid to a solid?

• Melting

• Condensation

• Solidification or Freezing

• Vaporization

What is the term for the change of state from a liquid to a gas at a temperature below its boiling point?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Freezing

• Sublimation

What is the term for the change of state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state?

• vaporization

• condensation

• melting

• sublimation

What is the form of energy that is transferred between objects due to a temperature difference?

• Sound energy

• Cold energy

• Light energy

• Heat energy

What is the term for the expansion of a substance due to an increase in temperature?

• Physical compression

• Chemical contraction

• Thermal expansion

• Heat reduction

What is the term for the decrease in size of a substance due to a decrease in temperature?

• Dilation

• Expansion

• Enlargement

• Contraction

What is the term for the process by which a liquid turns into a gas at a temperature below its boiling point?

• solidification

• sublimation

• evaporation

• condensation