Phase Changes of Matter

Which change is an example of freezing?

• water droplets forming on a cold window

• boiling water changing into water vapor

• ice cream melting in the sunlight

• juice cooling to become a solid

Predict what will happen to the water.

• The water will evaporate.

• The water will condense.

• The water will freeze.

• The water will melt.

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Predict how solid ice cream will change when it is heated.

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Which two changes take place when heat is lost or removed?

(Choose 2)

• freezing

• condensation

• evaporation

• melting

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Fern placed a glass of ice water on the table and left it for 10 minutes. When she came back, she notices there was water on the outside of the glass. What caused this?

• the water vapor melted into water on the cold glass

• the water vapor condensed into a liquid on the cold glass

• the water vapor froze into ice on the cold glass

• the water vapor evaporated into gas on the cold glass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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During the winter the lake turned to ice and everyone was able to go ice skating. What property change did the lake go through?

• The water changed from gas to liquid

• The water changed from liquid to gas.

• The water changed from solid to liquid.

• The water changed from liquid to solid.

If a box of crayons is left in a hot car on a summer afternoon, what change would you expect to observe in the crayons?

• gas changed to liquid
• liquid changed to solid
• solid changed to liquid
• liquid changed to gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is melting?

• when something changes from a liquid to a gas
• when something changes from a solid to a liquid
• when something changes from a liquid to a solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Tina places a plastic bag, a cup of water, and a piece of wood in the FREEZER.  Which object will changes states?

• the plastic bag
• the water
• the piece of wood

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

How are melting and evaporation alike?

• both must start with a solid
• both happen when heat is added
• both happen when heat is taken away

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