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WorksheetsSolids, Liquids, Gases
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
2.
Which state of matter has a definite volume but no real shape of its own?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
3.
Which state of matter has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
4.
True or false. Both gases and liquids are fluids?
a)
true
b)
false
5.
True or false. All solids have a closely packed, fixed arrangement of molecules?
a)
true
b)
false
6.
What is the change of state from a solid to a liquid?
a)
boiling
b)
freezing
freezing
freezing
c)
melting
7.
What is the change of state from a liquid to a solid?
a)
freezing
b)
condensation
c)
melting
d)
evaporation
8.
What is it called when water vapor changes into liquid droplets?
a)
evaporation
b)
sublimation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
9.
A wet towel is left outside in the sun to dry. What is the process?
a)
condensation
b)
vaporization
c)
evaporation
d)
sublimation
10.
Name the three states of matter:
a)
crystalline, amorphous, solid
b)
solid, liquid, gas
c)
energy, matter, mass
d)
solid, fluid, liquid
11.
The opposite of freezing is:
a)
melting
b)
vaporization
c)
condensation
12.
When you place an ice cube on a hot plate this change in phase first occurs:
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
13.
When liquid particles LOSE energy and slow down so much they become fixed in place:
a)
melting
b)
vaporization
c)
condensation
d)
freezing
14.
What process takes place when a puddle of water dries up on a sidewalk?
a)
melting
b)
freezing
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
15.
What is it called when particles of a gas (carbon dioxide) do not pass through the liquid state as they form a gas?
a)
sublimation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
thermal energy
16.
What kind of matter fills a balloon?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
17.
Milk is a _____. It can take the shape of any container that it is in.
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
18.
____ is matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space.
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
19.
What would happen to the temperature of Cindy's soup if it was left on the counter for a couple of hours? Her house is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
a)
It will get hotter.
b)
It will start to cool down.
c)
It will stay the same temperature.
20.
Which of the following statements describe gas the BEST.
a)
Gas has a packed shape.
b)
Gas cannot change shape.
c)
Gas has a definite shape.
d)
Gas spreads out to fill a space.
21.
If you wanted to change liquid water into solid ice, you would ______ it.
a)
add salt
b)
melt
c)
freeze
d)
boil
22.
At ____ degrees Celsius water freezes into a solid.
a)
0
b)
32
c)
50
d)
63
23.
When water vapor is cooled, it becomes a _______.
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
None of the Above
24.
Jacob put his water bottle full of water in the freezer. The state of matter of the water will change from ___________.
a)
liquid to gas
b)
gas to liquid
c)
liquid to solid
d)
solid to liquid
25.
Which choice describes water the BEST.
a)
It can change into a liquid.
b)
It can change into a gas.
c)
It can change into a solid.
d)
It can change into all of the choices listed.
26.
______ is an example of liquid water.
a)
Rain
b)
Water vapor
c)
Ice
d)
None of the above
27.
What effect does the speed of molecules have on matter?
a)
it helps figure out the matter's density
b)
it controls the matter's weight
c)
it determines the mass of the matter
d)
it determines what state the matter is in
28.
In which state of matter are molecules moving the fastest?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
the molecules move equally fast in all states of matter
29.
What occurs when a liquid turns to a gas?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
the molecules move slower
d)
the molecules hit their freezing point
30.
What happens when water reaches its boiling point?
a)
it turns from a liquid to a solid
b)
it turns from a solid to a liquid
c)
it turns from a liquid to a gas
d)
it turns from a gas to a liquid
31.
In which state of matter are molecules moving the slowest?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
32.
Which of the following causes a solid to change to a liquid?
a)
the freezing point
b)
evaporation
c)
cold
d)
heat
33.
Using the picture, match the state of matter in glass C with its correct name.
a)
Gas
b)
Air
c)
Solid
d)
Goo
34.
When a substance cools, it loses ______ energy to its surroundings.
a)
cool
b)
thermal
c)
vaporized
d)
potential
35.
Using the picture, match the state of matter in glass B with its correct name.
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
Plasma
36.
Using the picture, match the state of matter in glass A with its correct name.
a)
Lava
b)
Plasma
c)
Liquid
d)
Gas
37.
Matter is anything that has _________ and _________.
a)
length and width
b)
mass and volume
c)
a boiling point and a freezing point
d)
size and shape
38.
The amount of matter in a substance, or object, is its __________.
a)
volume
b)
length
c)
temperature
d)
mass
39.
Mass is usually measured in __________.
a)
milliliters and liters
b)
millimeters, centimeters, meters and kilometers
c)
degrees Celsius
d)
grams and kilograms
40.
__________ is the amount of space matter takes up.
a)
Mass
b)
Liquid
c)
Volume
d)
Gas
41.
Particles in a __________ have very little movement and the object keeps its shape and volume.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
42.
A solid does not change ______________.
a)
containers
b)
shape
43.
A gas can change its _____________.
a)
shape
b)
color
c)
definite
44.
Which of the following terms identifies the change from a liquid to gas?
a)
Vaporization
b)
Condensation
c)
Deposition
d)
Sublimation
45.
Which of the following terms identifies the change from a liquid to solid?
a)
Melting
b)
Condensation
c)
Vaporization
d)
Freezing
46.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
47.
Definite shape and a definite volume.
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
48.
No definite shape, but has a definite volume
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
49.
Phase change from a solid to a gas.
a)
sublimation
b)
deposition
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
50.
Phase change from a solid to a liquid.
a)
melting
b)
sublimation
c)
boiling
d)
condensation
51.
Phase change from a liquid to a gas that only happens at the surface.
a)
evaporation
b)
boiling
c)
sublimation
d)
melting
52.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
53.
When the temperature of matter decreases the particles ...
a)
speed up and move farther apart
b)
speed up and move closer together
c)
slow down and move farther apart
d)
slow down and move closer together
54.
Phase change from a gas to a liquid.
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
melting
d)
deposition
55.
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
56.
The opposite phase of melting is
a)
freezing
b)
sublimation
c)
condensation
d)
deposition
57.
The phase change from water vapor to liquid water is known as...
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
sublimation
58.
5. What is it called when a solid turns directly into a gas?
a)
Sublimation
b)
Condensation
c)
Liquid
59.
Change from Gas to Solid is called........
a)
Sublimation
b)
Deposition
c)
Fusion
d)
condensation
60.
Change from Liquid to Solid is call......
a)
fusion
b)
Freezing
c)
sublimation
d)
evaporation
61.
What is sublimation?
a)
phase change between solid and liquid
b)
pahse change from gas to solid
c)
phase change from solid to gas
d)
phase change from solid to solid
62.
How are solids different from liquids?
a)
particles in solids are moving freely around each other.
b)
particles in solids have no motion.
c)
particles in solids are vibrating in place.
d)
particles in solids have more motion than in liquids
63.
What phase of matter is illustrated in "C"
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
melting
64.
What is labelled "B" on the graph?
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
a phase change
65.
What is happening at "D" on the graph?
a)
Water is boiling
b)
water is evaporating
c)
water is melting
d)
the sublimation of water
66.
Why does the graph have two flat lines at "b" and "d"?
a)
Those are times when we took the water off the hot plate
b)
Those are phase changes where temperature doesn't change while adding heat
c)
The line is flat because the water is all in the solid or gas phase
d)
The line is flat because temperature increases the most at those locations
67.
what is the name of the Line from B -A?
a)
solid-liquid line
b)
solid-gas line
c)
liquid-gas line
d)
critical line
68.
what is the name of the line form D to A?
a)
Solid-liquid line
b)
Solid-gas line
c)
liquid-gas line
d)
triple point line
69.
What is point A?
a)
triple point
b)
critical point
c)
equilibrium point
d)
normal melting point
70.
At pressure of 1 atm, and a temperature of 150oC, what phase(s) can exist?
a)
solid, liquid or gas
b)
liquid or gas
c)
solid only
d)
gas only
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