Ch 14 Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Matter in which particles are arranged in a repeating geometric pattern is called a(n) amorphous solid.

• True

• False

During a phase change, the temperature remains constant.

• True

• False

The rate of evaporation of a liquid increases as temperature decreases.

• True

• False

Ninety-nine percent of all the matter that can be observed in the universe exists as

• gases

• plasma

• liquids

• solids

Which image best represents the solid state?

a

Gas

Solid

Liquid

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If a gas has a volume of 1 L at a pressure of 270 kPa, what volume will it have when the pressure is increased to 540 kPa? Assume temperature and number of particles are kept constant.

• 0.5 L

• 2 L

• 270 L

• 810 L

A gas-like mixture with no definite volume or shape that is made up of positively and negatively charged particles is ______.

• a solid

• a liquid

• a gas

• plasma

Which of the following factors affects the pressure of an enclosed gas?

• temperature

• volume

• number of particles

• all of the above

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The law that states that the volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature in kelvins if the pressure and the number of particles is constant is

• Boyle’s law.

• Bose’s law.

• Einstein’s law.

• Charles’s law.

The phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first is

• sublimation.

• deposition.

• vaporization.

• melting.

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