Matter and Its States

What are the states of matter?

• solid, liquid, and juice
• solid and liquid
• solid and gas
• solid, liquid, and gas

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Matter that has its own shape and takes up space.

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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Matter that always fills the shape in a container, such as air.

• solid
• liquid
• gas

Which object is a solid that keeps it's shape when it changes containers? 

• Chocolate milk
• Gravel
• Oxygen

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Which is a property of matter that you CANNOT observe just by looking at an object?

• temperature
• shape
• color

At higher temperatures

• particles in an object have less energy
• particles in an object move faster
• a gas contracts

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What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?

• evaporation
• burning
• melting
• freezing

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Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Which state of matter does ice start as (before you cool it)?

• liquid
• solid
• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A gas

• has a definite shape but no definite volume
• has a definite volume but no definite shape
• has fast-moving particles

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