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WorksheetsStates of Matter
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?
a)
evaporation
b)
burning
c)
melting
d)
freezing
2.
Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?
a)
liquid
b)
gas
c)
solid
d)
air
3.
How is a gas defined?
a)
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
4.
What term describes a solid changing to a gas?
a)
Deposition
b)
Sublimation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Freezing
5.
What term describes a liquid changing to a solid?
a)
Deposition
b)
Sublimation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Freezing
6.
Particles of a liquid
a)
are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.
b)
have no viscosity.
c)
decrease in volume with increasing temperature.
d)
are free to move around one another but still touch.
7.
Particles (molecules) in a ______________________ have more energy than the other states of matter.
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
8.
______________________ takes place when a liquid changes to a solid.
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
boiling
d)
sublimation
9.
Molecules are closest together in a
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
10.
The state of matter that has no definite size or shape is
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
11.
a)
It remains the same.
b)
It changes greatly.
c)
It changes minimally.
d)
Unable to tell.
12.
Which state of matter has the lowest compressibility?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Plasma
13.
When a gas changes directly to a solid, the process is known as what?
a)
Sublimation
b)
Condensation
c)
Deposition
d)
Evaporation
14.
Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.
a)
True
b)
False
liquid
liquid
15.
Define a liquid.
a)
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
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