Matter and Energy Quiz

Which of the following best describes particles in a solid?

• Molecules slide past each other; sample takes shape of container.

• No attractive forces between particles.

• Fills whatever container it is in.

• Particles tightly packed together.

When the temperature of a substance is lowered, its particles _______.

• vibrate more quickly

• stop vibrating completely

• escape the attractive forces of the other particles

• vibrate more slowly

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_______ is the energy an object has due to its motion.

• Kinetic energy

• Heat of vaporization

• Heat of fusion

• Diffusion

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The _______ of a substance is the temperature at which a solid begins to liquefy.

• heat of vaporization

• heat of fusion

• melting point

• boiling point

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The amount of energy needed to change a substance from the solid phase to the liquid phase is the substance's ____________

• heat of vaporization

• heat of fusion

• melting point

• boiling point

• heat of transformation

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The energy required to change a liquid at its boiling point to a gas is ___________

• heat of vaporization

• heat of sublimation

• boiling point

• heat of fusion

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Why can people on one side of a room smell the scent of an air freshener sprayed on the opposite side?

• The molecules of air freshener have thermally expanded.

• The air pressure where the freshener was sprayed is greater than in the rest of the room

• The molecules of air freshener spread out until they are evenly distributed throughout the room.

• The molecules of air freshener are amorphous.

Above sea level, water boils at a ________ temperature due to the ______ atmospheric pressure.

• lower; decreased

• lower; increased

• higher; decreased

• higher; increased

What is the most common state of matter in the universe?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

________ is an increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased.

• Buoyancy

• Thermal expansion

• Diffusion

• Kinetic fusion

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