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Lesson 13 Reading Two— Where Do Drops of Water Come From?

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lesson 13 Reading Two— Where Do Drops of __________________ Come From?

a)

Acid

b)

Water

c)

Tea

d)

Coffee

2.

Have you ever talked with someone when it is cold outside and you can see your breath? Your ________ looks like a cloud.

a)

eyes

b)

breath

c)

ears

d)

hair

3.

On warm days, your breath is __________________.

a)

cool

b)

visible

c)

invisible

d)

hot

4.

The inside of your mouth is warm, so the air inside of it is

warm too. One of the things you ____________ out is water in the gaseous state.

a)

look

b)

breathe

c)

preform

d)

sing

5.

The gaseous water you breathe out is warmer than the cool gases in the _____________.

a)

water

b)

tank

c)

pool

d)

air

6.

The gaseous water you breathe out is warmer than the cool gases in the air. When your warm breath and the cold air

meet outside your mouth, some of the water from your breath cools _______________.

a)

quickly

b)

slowly

c)

roundly

d)

colorfully

7.

The water becomes cold enough that it ________________ into tiny drops of liquid water.

a)

evaporates

b)

condenses

c)

cools

d)

warms

8.

The water becomes cold enough that it ________________ into tiny drops of liquid water.

a)

evaporates

b)

condenses

c)

cools

d)

warms

9.

When any gas condenses, all the particles that were once spread out in the _____________ state get closer together.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gaseous

d)

plasma

10.

In the example of your breath, the water molecules are first spread out as a gas. The water molecules you breathe out lose energy and move so much slower that they sort of clump together to become liquid _________________.

a)

air

b)

ice

c)

water

d)

snow

11.

These clumps are made of so many molecules that you

can see them as tiny water drops. A lot of these tiny drops all together look like a small ________________.

a)

drop

b)

airplane

c)

air pocket

d)

cloud

12.

When you see that little cloud, you might say that you can see your _______________.

a)

breath

b)

top

c)

hair

d)

ribbon

13.

You have probably seen another phenomenon that happens because of water condensing. Have you ever opened a ________________ when the room is warm?

a)

oven

b)

freezer

14.

If the room is warm, you see something that looks like a cloud of _______________ when you open a freezer door.

a)

air

b)

smoke

c)

carbon

d)

oxygen

15.

__________________ water molecules in the warm air become so cool that they condense into tiny water drops.

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gaseous

d)

Plasma

16.

Sometimes, so many water molecules condense that you can see big water drops. If you leave a cold soda pop can on the table, small ____________ form on the outside of the can.

a)

tablets

b)

dogs

c)

drops

d)

cats

17.

Water molecules in air touch the cold can. When this happens, gaseous water molecules lose their ______________ to the atoms at the surface of the can.

a)

steam

b)

energy

c)

cloud formation

d)

soup

18.

The gaseous water __________________ into droplets of liquid water on the can.

a)

evaporates

b)

condenses

19.

If you thought that the white lines you see in the sky behind a jet are a type of cloud, you were right. In fact, those white streaks are called contrails (short for ____________________ trails).

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

sublimation

d)

bunny

20.

A contrail forms because one of the substances that jet engines make is water. The water is released into the air in the ______________ state.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gaseous

d)

plasma

21.

Water in the ___________ state is called water vapor. You cannot see water vapor.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gaseous

d)

plasma

22.

The air high up in the sky is very cold.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Seeing your breath, contrails, and water droplets on a cold beverage can are examples of water changing from the gaseous state to the liquid state.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Boiling point is not a property of a substance.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

What do we know about temperature and how molecules move in a gas?

a)

In the gaseous state, an increase in temperature indicates that the gas molecules are moving faster.

b)

Let's discuss liquids

26.

When do we know about the distance between molecules as we cool a substance in the gaseous state?

a)

They slow down and move closer together, or condense.

b)

What is a gas?

27.

Evaporation occurs when molecules at the surface of a liquid gain enough energy to enter the gaseous state.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Boiling occurs at the temperature in which molecules throughout the liquid change to the gaseous state. The boiling point is the temperature at which the change of state from liquid to ____________ occurs.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

29.

Condensation occurs when water vapor in the air slows down sufficiently to become a __________.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

30.

How can you explain now that the odor reached

your nose?

a)

condensation

b)

sublimation

c)

evaporation

d)

collaboration

31.

How are gases and liquids of the same substance similar?

a)

They have the same types of particles.

b)

They have different types of particles.

32.

What is needed for a liquid to undergo a phase change to a gas?

a)

heat/energy

b)

cold

c)

habits

d)

claim

33.

What do we notice as we compare our models of matter for gases and liquids?

a)

particles in the gas phase are further apart, and move faster than in the liquid phase

b)

particles in the solid phase are further apart, and move faster than in the liquid phase

34.

How could the ice in the cup cause water in air to form drops of water on the outside of the cup?

a)

the cold ice causes the water molecules/particles

in air to slow down

b)

the cold ice causes the water molecules/particles

in air to speed up

35.

What makes up air?

a)

water only

b)

oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water

c)

N only

d)

Air is everywhere

36.

Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of matter.

a)

true

b)

false

37.

The amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment.

a)

true

b)

false

38.

What is the definition of sublimation?

a)

a chemical process where a solid turns into a gas without going through a liquid stage

b)

the process of a liquid changing into a gas

39.

What is an example of sublimation?

a)

Ice cream melting

b)

Dry ice