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WorksheetsCh. 3 States of Matter and Buoyancy
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which form of matter has a definite shape and takes up space (has definite volume)?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
d)
clay
2.
Which form of matter take the shape of a container like this juice?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
glass
d)
gas
3.
Which form of matter fills the space like it has in the balloon?
a)
liquid
b)
string
c)
solid
d)
gas
4.
The milk in the glass has volume and takes the shape of its container. Therefore, it is assumed that milk is a ______________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
5.
The molecules in the picture are tightly held together with little movement. They have shape and energy. Therefore, the picture represents _________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
6.
Molecules move quickest in which state of matter
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
solid, liquid and gas
7.
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
8.
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
9.
If the tops were removed from the cylinders, the following would happen:
a)
The solid would fly out of the container
b)
The liquid would fly out of the container.
c)
The gas would fly out of the container.
d)
They ALL would fly out of the container.
10.
What does this picture represent?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
11.
What does this picture represent?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
12.
What does this picture represent?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
13.
Freezing is...
a)
Solid to gas
b)
Liquid to solid
c)
Gas to solid
d)
Liquid to gas
14.
______ is the amount of space an object takes up.
a)
mass
b)
volume
15.
What is labelled "B" on the graph?
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
a phase change
16.
Matter changing states creates a new substance
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Which of the following is NOT matter?
a)
Air
b)
Oxygen
c)
Cells
d)
Gravity
18.
________ is anything that has weight and takes up space
a)
matter
b)
mass
c)
volume
d)
solids
19.
Which state of matter do the particles in this picture represent?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
20.
When a substance changes phase, this change is a
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
21.
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
22.
What phase of matter is illustrated in "C"
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
melting
23.
______ is the amount of matter an object has
a)
mass
b)
volume
24.
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
25.
What is the boiling point of water?
a)
80 degrees Celsius
b)
27 degrees Celsius
c)
90 degrees Celsius
d)
100 degrees Celsius
26.
Change from gas to liquid is called....
a)
expansion
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
sublimation
27.
Melting is ...
a)
liquid to solid
b)
solid to liquid
c)
solid to gas
d)
gas to liquid
28.
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
29.
What is the phase change of a solid to a liquid?
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
boiling
d)
condensation
30.
Why does water NOT change temperature during phase changes?
a)
Because the molecules of water take in all the heat to their nucleus
b)
Because heat is not the same thing as temperature
c)
Because adding heat doesn't ever change the temperature of water
d)
Because all of the energy is used to overcome the attraction of molecules
31.
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
32.
Which of the following terms identifies the change from a liquid to gas?
a)
Vaporization
b)
Condensation
c)
Deposition
d)
Sublimation
33.
Which of the following terms identifies the change from a liquid to solid?
a)
Melting
b)
Condensation
c)
Vaporization
d)
Freezing
34.
When energy is added or taken away from a substance it causes a:
a)
Chemical Reaction
b)
Phase Change
c)
Nothing Happens
35.
What causes a phase change?
a)
Motion
b)
Speed
c)
Energy
d)
Friction
36.
Which two phases changes add energy?
a)
Freezing, Melting
b)
Condensation, Evaporation
c)
Freezing, Condensation
d)
Melting, Evaporation
37.
Which two phases changes takes away energy?
a)
Freezing, Melting
b)
Condensation, Evaporation
c)
Freezing, Condensation
d)
Melting, Evaporation
38.
A golf ball has little _______ if it does not float in a pond.
a)
atom
b)
buoyancy
c)
particles
d)
volume
39.
If the DENSITY of Aluminium (Al) is 2.70 g/cm3, will it sink or float in water (H2O)?
a)
Sink
b)
Float
c)
Neither
d)
What is Al?
40.
Why do objects sink or float in H2O?
a)
Because their densities are higher or lower than compared to water
b)
Because their densities are using gravity to pull down
c)
Because their densities are heavier or lighter
d)
Because their mass and volumes are equal
41.
If the weight of the water displaced is the same as the weight of the object placed in the water, the object will sink.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
The ship was able to float in the water because its weight was the same as the weight of the water it displaced.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
What was the principle Archimedes discovered?
a)
Principle of Volume
b)
Principle of Density
c)
Principle of Buoyancy
d)
Principle of Gravity
44.
What is buoyant force?
a)
An upward force exerted by fluids on an object.
b)
An downward force exerted by fluids on an object.
45.
What does buoyant mean?
a)
float
b)
push
c)
flying, yeah!!!!!!
d)
sink
46.
An empty water bottle floating on the water is an example of....
a)
positive buoyancy
b)
negative buoyoncy
47.
A water bottle filled with stones and sinking in the water is an example of.......
a)
negative buoyancy
b)
positive buoyancy
48.
pushes an ice cube to the top of a glass of water
a)
buoyant force
b)
density
c)
a sinking object
d)
compressed air
49.
What is the formula for density?
a)
density = mass x volume
b)
density = mass / volume
c)
density = mass + volume
d)
density = mass - volume
50.
Which liquid is the least dense?
a)
oil
b)
water
c)
syrup
d)
plastic bottle
51.
What happens when you heat a gas?
a)
It gains mass.
b)
It loses mass.
c)
It increases in volume.
d)
It decreases in volume.
52.
Hot air balloons float because hot air displaces cool air in the atmosphere.
a)
true
b)
false
53.
Buoyancy is the tendency for objects to float in a fluid. We consider buoyancy the...
a)
Un-gravity force
b)
Anti-gravity force
c)
Gravitational pull
d)
Downwards pull on an object
54.
True or False: Buoyancy is an upwards force measured in Newtons.
a)
True
b)
False
55.
Archimedes' Principle states that...
a)
The buoyant force acting on an object equals the volume of the fluid displaced by the object.
b)
The buoyant force acting on an object equals the weight (force of gravity) of the fluid displaced by the object.
c)
The buoyant force acting on an object will always be equal.
56.
Which will result in positive buoyancy?
a)
When the buoyant force is greater than the force of gravity
b)
When the buoyant force is equal to the force of gravity
c)
When the buoyant force is less than the force of gravity
57.
How could you make plastic sink and steel float?
a)
You can't
b)
Change the shape and therefore surface area
c)
Remove some mass
58.
Water is the only fluid that can provide buoyancy.
a)
true
b)
false
59.
which of the following statements is true?
a)
oil floats on water because oil is less dense than water
b)
oil does not float on water because water is more dense
c)
water floats on oil because water is less dense
60.
Hot air is less dense than cold air
a)
true
b)
false
61.
If an object sinks in a fluid, _____.
a)
the density of the fluid is greater than the density of the object
b)
the density of the fluid is less than the density of the object
c)
the density of the fluid is equal to the density of the object
d)
density has nothing to do with whether an object sinks or floats, only which state of matter the object is
62.
An object will NOT sink if its weight is ______ ______ _____ ______ ______ the buoyant force.
a)
Less than or equal to
b)
Greater than or equal to
c)
Similar to and almost equal
d)
Different from and almost equal
63.
An object will will be partially submerged in a fluid if ____.
a)
the weight of an object is greater than the buoyant force
b)
the weight of an object is less than the buoyant force
c)
the weight of an object is equal to the buoyant force
d)
the weight doesn't affect if an object sinks, only its state of matter
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