WorksheetsSolids, Liquids and Gases Chapter Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
The surface of water can act like a sort of skin due to a property of liquids called _____________________.
viscosity
condensation
surface tension
evaporation
Which state of matter undergoes changes in volume most easily?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Frozen
According to Charles’s law, when the temperature of a gas at constant pressure is increased, its ______________________.
volume increases
mass increasese
volume decreases
particles move more slowly
The change from liquid to solid, or the reverse of melting, is called ______________________.
Condensation
Boiling
Sublimation
Freezing
An uncovered pot of soup is simmering on a stove, and there are water droplets on the wall above the back of the stove. What sequence can you infer has occurred?
melting, then boiling
freezing, then thawing
vaporization, then condensation
condensation, then vaporization
In cold climates, the amount of snow on the ground may decrease even if the temperature stays below zero degrees Celsius. The process that best explains this event is _________________________.
condensation
sublimation
melting
evaporation
The state of matter in which particles are arranged in either a crystalline or an amorphous form is ________________.
liquid
gas
solid
fluid
The greater the speed of gas particles in a container, the __________________________________________.
fewer collisions there will be.
lower the temperature
greater the pressure
lower the pressure
Pressure can be measured in units of _____________________.
newton
newtons per square meter
newtons per square centimeter
newtons per cubic centimeter
According to Boyle’s law, when the pressure of a gas increases at constant temperature, its volume ________________.
increases
stay's constant
decreases
increases, then decreases
The state of matter in which particles are arranged in the least organized manner is the ______________.
Solid State
Gas State
Liquid State
Fluid State
When a substance cools, it loses _________________ energy to its surroundings.
radiant
chemical
thermal
electrical
Sublimation is the change of a solid directly into a _____________.
liquid
gas
plasma
fluid
A liquid’s resistance to flowing is called _____________.
viscosity
surface tension
volume
sublimation
________________ occurs when a liquid changes to a gas below its surface as well as at the surface.
Freezing
Melting
Boiling
Evaporation
Particles in a liquid move around just as freely as particles in a solid.
True
False
In crystalline solids, the particles are not arranged in a regular pattern.
True
False
At its boiling temperature, the particles of a liquid are moving so slowly that they begin to form regular patterns.
True
False
Pieces of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) become smaller through the process of condensation.
True
False
Water vapor is a colorless gas that is impossible to see.
True
False
The amount of space that matter fills is its
Volume
Surface Area
Shape
A state of matter with a definite volume, but no definite shape is a(n)
Solid
Liquid
Gas
A ___________ will always take the shape and volume of its container.
Solid
Liquid
Gas
The _______________ is a measure of the average speed of the particles in a substance.
Temperature
Pressure
Volume
A(n) ___________________ has a definite volume but no shape of its own.
Solid
Liquid
Gas
The ________________ of a gas is the force of its outward push divided by the area of the walls of its container.
Pressure
Weight
Temperature
Viscosity is the inward force among the molecules of a liquid.
True
False
A(n) amorphous solid has a definite melting point.
True
False
Both gases and liquids are fluids.
True
False
ALL solids have a closely packed, fixed arrangement of particles.
True
False
1. Which of the following describes the process of freezing?
Freezing occurs when the temperature of a substance drops to 0°C.
Freezing occurs when the particles of a solid vibrate so fast that they break free.
Freezing occurs when the temperature drops enough a gas turns into a solid.
Freezing occurs when the particles in a liquid slow down and take fixed positions.
2. The process that makes ice cubes shrink as they sit in a freezer is called _______________.
Sublimation
Condensation
Freezing
Boiling
3. The temperature at which a liquid turns to a gas is _____________.
called freezing point
called boiling point
100 degrees celcius
the same for amorphous and crystalline solids
4. Particles of which of the following have the greatest thermal energy?
liquid
crystalline solid
gas
amorphous solid
5. Sublimation and boiling both happen at the surface of the substance.
True
False
6. Vaporization is the reverse of condensation.
True
False
7. The temperature at which a liquid turns to a gas is called the boiling point.
True
False
8. Boiling is the reverse of freezing.
True
False
9. Water particles in gas coming off of a pan of boiling water are moving slower than the particles of the water in the pan.
True
False
10. Evaporation and condensation are both types of vaporization.
True
False
