Solids. Liquids, and Gases

What process occurs when a solid turns into a liquid?

• Freezing

• Melting

• Condensation

• Evaporation

What is the state of matter that has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Boyle's Law pertains to ____________.

• temperature and pressure

• volume and pressure

• mass and volume

• density and temperature

What is the term for the force exerted by the weight of air above an object?

• Air pressure

• Atmospheric tension

• Vacuum force

• Weight of air

True or False: As thermal energy increases in a substance it gains energy.

• True

• False

• It loses energy

• It remains the same

What is the term for the amount of space an object occupies?

• Mass

• Weight

• Volume

• Density

Choose the correct change of state: solid ---> liquid.

• freezing

• condensation

• melting

• sublimation

What is the term for the change of state from gas to liquid?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

What happens to a liquid when you continue to add heat to it?

• It freezes.

• It evaporates.

• It becomes denser.

• It changes color.

How do you know a gas is made up of matter?

• It has volume.

• It is colorless and odorless.

• It can be compressed indefinitely.

• It can be seen with the naked eye.