Introduction to Changes of State

Name the three basic states of matter: ______, liquid, gas.

Which change happens when an ice cube turns into water?

• Liquid changes into solid

• Gas changes into liquid

• Liquid changes into gas

• Solid changes into liquid

Which is a state of matter you can hold and it keeps its shape?

• Plasma like lightning in storms

• Gas like air all around

• Liquid like water that flows

• Solid like a rock that stays

Which state of matter takes the shape of its container and can be poured?

• Plasma that is glowing

• Gas that is invisible

• Liquid that can be poured

• Solid that keeps its shape

When ice warms up and turns into water, what change happens?

• Freezing from liquid to solid

• Melting from solid to liquid

• Boiling from liquid to gas

• Condensing from gas to liquid

When water turns to ice in a freezer, what is this called?

• Melting from solid to liquid

• Freezing from liquid to solid

• Evaporating into a gas

• Condensing into a liquid

When water on a stove becomes steam, which change happens?

• Melting from solid to liquid

• Freezing from liquid to solid

• Condensing from gas to liquid

• Evaporating from liquid to gas

When steam cools and becomes water drops on a window, what is the change?

• Condensing from gas to liquid

• Evaporating into a gas

• Melting into a liquid

• Freezing into a solid

Which example shows melting?

• An ice cube turning to water

• Water turning into ice cubes

• Water drops forming on glass

• Puddle drying in the sun

Which example shows evaporation?

• Water turning into ice cubes

• Puddle drying in the sun

• Steam becoming water drops

• Butter turning into a liquid