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Matter - States, Forces, Energy

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma!!!

2.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

3.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

4.

Which is not true about the liquid state of matter?

a)

The liquid state has a definite volume and a definite shape.

b)

The liquid state takes on the shape of its container.

c)

The liquid state has a definite volume and an indefinite shape.

d)

The particles in a liquid can easily move past each other.

5.

Which process could cause a material to change state from gas to liquid?

a)

Adding heat

b)

Adding energy

c)

Removing particles

d)

Removing energy

6.

If I add heat to a solid, how will the motion of the particles be affected?

a)

They will move slower

b)

They will stop moving

c)

They will move faster

d)

They will move to a different container

7.
What type of Energy does the Sun Give?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Electrical
c)
Solar
d)
Sound
8.
What is stored Energy
a)
Kinetic
b)
Solar
c)
Electric
d)
Potential
9.
What is the ability to do work?
a)
Walk
b)
run
c)
molecules
d)
energy
10.
What is the ability to do work?
a)
Walk
b)
run
c)
molecules
d)
energy
11.
When molecules are hot they _______
a)
move slower
b)
move faster
c)
stay the same
d)
get lost
12.
When an object is in motion, what type of energy does the object have?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Mechanical
d)
Electrical
13.
What kind of Energy do you have when you eat?
a)
Sound
b)
Chemical
c)
Kinetic
d)
Potential
14.
_______is the transfer of energy
a)
School
b)
Liquid
c)
convection
d)
Work
15.
When particles are cold they tend to move ________
a)
At same pace
b)
slower
c)
faster
d)
akward
16.

Energy is neither _______Nor ____________, Energy is ______________.

a)

created,Destroyed,Transfered

b)

cheated,forgotten, remembered

c)

Lost,found,just there

d)

Created,Lost, found

17.

At higher temperatures

a)

particles in an object have less kinetic energy

b)

particles in an object move faster

c)

a gas contracts

18.

A physical change from gas to liquid is called....

a)

expansion

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

sublimation

19.

Which of the following states of matter has the LOWEST level of kinetic energy?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

20.

Which of the following states of matter can easily be compressed?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

21.
The state of matter with definite volume but no definite shape.
a)
solid
b)
liquid 
c)
gas
22.

"Kinetic" refers to

a)

motion

b)

heat

c)

density

d)

forces

23.

The kinetic theory of matter states that all particles are constantly

a)

growing

b)

contracting

c)

reacting

d)

moving

24.

Two identical beakers each contain water. The temperature of each is 20oC. Which one has more heat energy and why?

a)

They both have the same amount of heat energy because the temperature is the same

b)

The one on the right has more heat energy because there is more water

c)

The one on the left has more heat energy because there is less water.

25.

The process where a gas turns to a liquid is called?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

26.

Particles that can change without going through the liquid phase is called

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Sublimation

d)

Boiling

27.
What is happening when my ice cream changes from a solid to a liquid?
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
burning
d)
evaporation
28.
What is condensation?
a)
gas to solid
b)
gas to liquid
c)
liquid to solid 
d)
solid to liquid 
29.
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
30.
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
31.

The force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth.

a)

Gravity

b)

Friction

c)

Inertia

d)

Force

32.

Three cars (small mass - medium mass and lots of mass) are traveling at the same speed. Which car has more kinetic energy?

a)

The smallest one because it has less mass

b)

They have the same kinetic energy because they are moving at the same speed

c)

The one with the most mass.

d)

None of them have kinetic energy

33.
push or pull acting on an object
a)
speed
b)
force
c)
position
d)
mass
34.
a force that opposes motion between any surfaces that are touching
a)
velocity
b)
friction
c)
inertia
d)
position
35.
the amount of matter in an object
a)
displacement
b)
mass
c)
friction
d)
friction
36.

The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth

a)

gravity

b)

forces

c)

inertia

37.

Energy that is stored

a)

potential

b)

kinetic

c)

movement

38.
for every action there is...
a)
An equal and opposite reaction
b)
An equal and different reaction
c)
a different force
d)
two more forces
39.
What is it called when the force of gravity is acting on an object?
a)
Weight
b)
Sliding Friction
c)
Momentum
d)
Projectile Motion
40.
Imagine you travel to another planets. What will change as you walk around the surface of the planet- your mass or your weight?
a)
Mass
b)
Weight 
c)
Both 
d)
Neither 
41.
Which state can be compressed or squashed easily?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
42.

An example of something that stores chemical energy is ____________.

a)

lightening

b)

a microwave

c)

a match

d)

light

43.

What type of energy transformation is taking place when natural gas is used to heat water?

a)

chemical energy into thermal energy

b)

thermal energy into mechanical energy

c)

mechanical energy into electromagnetic energy

d)

electromagnetic energy into chemical energy

44.

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is called __________.

a)

electromagnetic energy

b)

nuclear energy

c)

mechanical energy.

d)

chemical energy.

45.

To maintain your body temperature, your body converts chemical energy into ____________________ energy.

a)

potiential

b)

thermal

c)

chemical

d)

mechanical

46.

Which position would represent the most potential energy and the least kinetic energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D