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Chapter 3 Physical Science States of Matter

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Temperature is a measure of the average _____ energy of the particles in the object.

a)

thermal

b)

kinetic

c)

potential

d)

chemical

2.

The process of a liquid becoming a gas is called

a)

sublimation

b)

condensation

c)

evaportaion

d)

freezing

3.

The process of a liquid becoming a solid is called

a)

condensation

b)

freezing

c)

evaporation

d)

melting

4.

A state of matter that is not a fluid is

a)

water

b)

gas

c)

liquid

d)

solid

5.

Which state of matter has a definite volume, but not shape?

a)

plasma

b)

gas

c)

liquid

d)

solid

6.

Archimedes' principle states that the buoyant force on a(n) _____ is equal to the weight of the displaced volume of fluid.

a)

object in a fluid

b)

object floating o a fluid

c)

fluid mixing with liquid

d)

substance dissolving into a fluid

7.

An object that sinks into a fluid is _______ the liquid.

a)

less dense than

b)

equally dense as

c)

more dense than

d)

being dissolved in

8.

Unlike a gas, a plasma

a)

is a fluid

b)

has no definite shape

c)

has no definite volume

d)

conducts electric current

9.

Charles's law relates the volume of a gas to its

a)

container

b)

pressure

c)

molecular composition

d)

temperature

10.

When a fixed sample of gas increases in temperature, it must also

a)

increase in pressure

b)

increase in volume

c)

decrease in pressure

d)

Both (a) and (b)