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Lesson 5 Reading One— How Can I Model the Things Gases Do?

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Squeezing the sponge makes it ________________.

a)

higher

b)

smaller

c)

lower

d)

larger

2.

You can ______________________ a sponge.

a)

eat

b)

compress

c)

fly

d)

drive

3.

Think about what happens when you compress a sponge with your hand. Then think about opening your hand. The sponge will _________ and open back up into its original shape.

a)

compress

b)

expand

c)

fly

d)

drive

4.

Air can ___________________ and expand.

a)

expand

b)

compress

c)

turn orange

d)

drive

5.

In Lesson 2 you learned that air takes up space. When you compress air, you squeeze the_____________ into a smaller space.

a)

orange

b)

air

c)

fruit

d)

car

6.

To make air fit into a smaller volume, you compress

the air. Scuba __________ have compressed air in them.

a)

fish

b)

tanks

c)

squid

d)

whales

7.

Squeezing or compressing _________ may sound strange. It is hard to grab a handful of air like you grab a sponge or a handful of sponges.

a)

fruit

b)

air

8.

In class you saw that you can compress air. First you pulled

the handle of a ______________ to fill the syringe with air.

a)

fish

b)

bike

c)

syringe

d)

rope

9.

When you push the syringe handle, you are

pressing the air in the syringe, making the air

compress (squeeze into a smaller ______________).

a)

weight

b)

size

c)

mass

d)

volume

10.

When you push the syringe handle, you are pressing the air in the syringe, making the air ___________ (squeeze into a smaller volume).

a)

expand

b)

compress

c)

softer

d)

harder

11.

Look at all of the forms of the word compress in this section. Words like compress, compression, and compressing all contain the word _______________.

a)

free

b)

press

c)

sing

d)

power

12.

Gases can __________ taking up more space or ____________ taking up less space?

a)

evaporate compress

b)

compress expand

c)

expand compress

d)

compress evaporate

13.

Most matter shrinks when it is cold and expands when it is hot. Water, however ____________________ when it freezes and is less dense than liquid water.

a)

expands

b)

contracts

c)

shrinks

d)

evaporates

14.

When a gas releases energy its temperature goes down until it _______________ or changes to a liquid

a)

condenses

b)

melts

c)

boils

d)

evaporates

15.

when a liquid takes in energy its temperature rises until it _______________ or changes to a ___________?

a)

Boils , liquid

b)

melts , Gas

c)

evaporate , Gas

d)

boils, gas

16.

Water melts and freezes at _______ or _________

a)

22 f 10 c

b)

32 f 0 c

c)

42 f 20 c

d)

52 f 30c

17.

Gases can _________ taking up more space or __________ taking up less space

a)

compress, expand

b)

inflate, deflate

c)

expand , compress

d)

boil, condense

18.

GASES HAVE THE MOST ENERGY!

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Squeezing the sponge makes it smaller. You might be able to squeeze a large sponge to fit in one hand. Because you can push (or press) the sponge, you can say that the sponge can be _________________.

a)

sung

b)

spilled

c)

compressed

d)

washed

20.

Pressure is caused by millions and _____________ of particles hitting against a surface.

a)

hundreds

b)

millions

c)

billions

d)

trust

21.

Air takes up space. When you compress air, you squeeze the __________ into a smaller space.

a)

stuff

b)

slime

c)

water

d)

air

22.

You can also squeeze air when you add more _______ into a container that is already full of air.

a)

water

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

air

23.

You already know that when you smell something, it is because an _________ is in the air.

a)

ogre

b)

orange

c)

odor

24.

What are the states of matter?

a)

solid, liquid, and juice

b)

solid and liquid

c)

solid and gas

d)

solid, liquid, and gas

25.

Particles closest together

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

solid, liquid and gas

26.

Particles move quickest

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

solid, liquid and gas

27.

Which is a quality that only gasses display

a)

Spread out to fill all available space

b)

Take the shape of their container

c)

Can't be compressed

d)

All of these

28.

Which of the following has the lowest density?

a)

Gasses

b)

Solids

c)

Liquids

d)

All mater is the same density

29.
Which container will have a lower pressure?
a)
left
b)
right
c)
they both have the same pressure
d)
I don't know
30.
If a balloon is cooled what will happen to the volume?
a)
Volume will increase
b)
Volume will decrease
c)
Volume will not change
31.
What state of matter is shown in the particle diagram?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Doo doo
32.

Which is a quality that only gasses display

a)

Spread out to fill all available space

b)

Take the shape of their container

c)

Can't be compressed

d)

All of these

33.

What are the states of matter?

a)

solid, liquid, and juice

b)

solid and liquid

c)

solid and gas

d)

solid, liquid, and gas

34.

A visual representation of a system.

a)

Free Body Diagram

b)

Newton's

c)

Scientific Model

d)

Phenomenon

35.

One way to increase the pressure inside a container is to ...

a)

increase the amount of particles in the container.

b)

decrease the temperature of the container.

c)

increase the volume of the container.

d)

decrease the mass of the container.

36.

Bread can be compressed because...

a)

there are small spaces inside.

b)

it tastes good.

c)

the particles move freely.

d)

its volume remains constant.

37.

Air moves into your lungs because...

a)

your body increases the volume of your lungs.

b)

your body decreases the volume of your lungs.

c)

it is attracted to your mouth.

d)

you are actually forcing the air into your lungs.

38.

One way to increase the pressure inside a container is to ...

a)

decrease the volume of the container.

b)

decrease the amount of particles inside the container.

c)

allow the pressure to increase by itself.

d)

increase the mass of the container.

39.

A characteristic of air that cannot be modeled by one single sponge is...

a)

small amounts of air can be taken away from or added to a container.

b)

that air can be compressed.

c)

that air can be expanded.

d)

that air can hold odors.

40.

What property of air allows large amounts of it to be placed into a scuba tank?

a)

air can be compressed

b)

air spreads out

c)

air is invisible

d)

air can be changed into a liquid

41.

What property of air allows people to breath it out of a scuba tank?

a)

Air spreads out in all directions

b)

air flows

c)

air contains water vapor

d)

air is invisible

42.

When air is compressed, the matter that makes up air ...

a)

is pushed closer together.

b)

spreads further apart.

c)

gets colder.

d)

becomes invisible.

43.

This graph represents...

a)

the amount of air in a scuba tank decreasing over time.

b)

the amount of air in a scuba tank increasing over time.

c)

the amount of air in a scuba tank remaining constant over time.

d)

the temperature of air getting colder over time.

44.

According to the graph, how long does it take for all of the air in a scuba tank to be used by a diver?

a)

6 minutes

b)

0 minutes

c)

3 minutes

d)

10 minutes