“Matter States and Phase Change” Quiz (P2.2)

You move a substance from a small container to a larger container.  Which state of matter would that substance be if it spread out in all directions to completely fill the larger container?

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• All of these.

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Within a substance, atoms that collide most frequently and move more independently of one another are most likely in which state of matter?

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• Water

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The image shown represents a phase change for some copper atoms.

Which of the following phase changes are the copper atoms undergoing?

• Gas to Liquid

• Liquid to Gas

• Solid to Liquid

• Liquid to Solid

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Thermal Energy, also known as heat, flows from …

• Hot objects to hotter objects.

• Cooler objects to warmer objects.

• Warmer objects to hotter objects.

• Warmer objects to cooler objects

What phase change is the image showing?

• Plasma to Gas

• Solid to a Liquid.

• Liquid to a Gas.

• Gas to a Solid.

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As the movement of water molecules begin to slow down, they go into a phase where they are no longer able to easily move past each other.  The water is passing through a phase change and will most likely …

• turn into a solid.

• turn into a new substance.

• turn into a gas.

• remain a liquid.

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When a solid changes into a gas, skipping the liquid phase, that is called ... ?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Melting

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How does matter change from one state to another?

• Addition and subtraction of thermal energy, also known as heat.

• Addition of Thermal energy only.

• Subtraction of Thermal Energy only.

• Packing its bags.

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When a gas turns into a liquid, through condensation, what happens to its density?

• Less dense.

• Becomes more dense.

• Density doesn’t change.

• None of these.

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Adding Thermal Energy, or heat,  to a substance causes phase changes because it ...

• Doesn’t change the particle's speed.

• Makes the particles move slower.

• Makes the particles move faster.

• Makes the particles smaller.

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