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Particle Theory

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the states of matter?
a)
solid, liquid, and juice
b)
solid and liquid
c)
solid and gas
d)
solid, liquid, and gas
2.
Which form of matter has a definite shape like this picture?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
d)
clay
3.
Which form of matter take the shape of a container like this juice?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
glass
d)
gas
4.
Which form of matter fills the space like it has in the balloon?
a)
liquid
b)
string
c)
solid
d)
gas
5.
What is happening when my ice cream changes from a solid to a liquid?
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
burning
d)
evaporation
6.
What is happening when my water bottle in the freezer goes from a liquid state to a solid state?
a)
melting
b)
evaporating
c)
freezing
d)
cutting
7.
What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?
a)
evaporation
b)
burning
c)
melting
d)
freezing
8.
My glass of ice water is sitting in the sun and has droplets of water on the outside of the glass. What is happening?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
melting
d)
freezing
9.
Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?
a)
liquid
b)
gas
c)
solid
d)
air
10.
A gas
a)
has a definite shape but no definite volume
b)
has a definite volume but no definite shape
c)
has fast-moving particles
11.
At higher temperatures
a)
particles in an object have less energy
b)
particles in an object move faster
c)
a gas contracts
12.
Which of the following occurs when a liquid becomes a gas?
a)
the particles slow down
b)
the particles beak away from one another
c)
the particles move closer together
13.
________ says the tiny particles in all matter are in constant motion 
a)
potential theory 
b)
kinetic theory
c)
Einstein Boseman theory
d)
motion theory
14.
The opposite phase of melting is 
a)
freezing 
b)
sublimation
c)
condensation 
d)
deposition 
15.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
How will the pressure of the gas change from the first to second image
a)
pressure will go up 
b)
pressure will go down 
c)
pressure will not change 
d)
cannot be determined 
16.
Melting
a)
liquid to solid
b)
solid to liquid
c)
solid to gas
d)
gas to liquid
17.
Freezing
a)
Solid to gas
b)
Liquid to solid
c)
Gas to solid
d)
Liquid to gas
18.
Boiling
a)
liquid to gas
b)
gas to solid
c)
gas to liquid
d)
solid to liquid
19.
Pressure is a direct result of collisions between gas particles and the walls of their container.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
Which state of matter has tightly packed molecules?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
21.
Which state of matter has molecules that slide past each other but stay close together? They do not form a regular pattern.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
22.
Which state of matter has molecules that vibrate the least?
a)
solid
b)
water
c)
gas
23.
Which state of matter has a definite shape?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
24.
What state of matter?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
25.
What state of matter?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
26.
Which has a greater distance between particles?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
27.
Which has a greater distance between particles?
a)
gas
b)
Liquid
28.
Which has a stronger Inter molecular Forces?
a)
gas
b)
Liquid
29.
Which has particles that travel faster?
a)
gas
b)
solid
30.
In the above diagram, "State of Matter B" is a liquid. This means that it has:

a)
definite shape and volume.
b)
no definite shape or volume.
c)
definite volume, but changing shape.
d)
definite shape, but changing volume.