States of Matter

What term describes a solid changing to a gas?

• Deposition

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

At higher temperatures

• particles in an object have less energy

• particles in an object move faster

• a gas contracts

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Particles (molecules) in a ______________________ have more energy than the other states of matter.

• gas

• solid

• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Matter that has its own shape and takes up space.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Milk takes the shape of its container because it is a:

• solid

• liquid

• gas

How is a gas defined?

• no shape, no volume

• Definite shape, definite volume

• Found in stars

• Definite volume, no shape

Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Define a liquid

• no shape, no volume

• Definite shape, definite volume

• Found in stars

• Definite volume, no shape

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What term describes a liquid changing to a solid?

• Deposition

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4