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Transition state and Particle Diagrams

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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.
What term describes a solid changing to a gas?
a)
Deposition
b)
Sublimation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Freezing
3.
What term describes a liquid changing to a solid?
a)
Deposition
b)
Sublimation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Freezing
4.
______________________ takes place when a liquid changes to a solid.
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
boiling
d)
sublimation
5.
At higher temperatures
a)
particles in an object have less energy
b)
particles in an object move faster
c)
a gas contracts
6.
A gas
a)
has a definite shape but no definite volume
b)
has a definite volume but no definite shape
c)
has fast-moving particles
7.
The speed of the molecules determines the _____.
a)
volume
b)
density
c)
pressure
d)
temperature
8.

Particles in a ______________________ move quickly and are far apart.

a)

gas

b)

solid

c)

liquid

9.

Particles of a liquid

a)

are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.

b)

are free to move around one another but still touch.

10.
The molecules in the picture are tightly held together with little movement. They have shape and energy.  Therefore, the picture represents _________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
11.

Which state of matter does this picture show?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

12.
What is the correct order of the states of matter?
a)
Solid, Liquid, Gas
b)
Gas, Liquid, Solid
c)
Liquid, Gas, Solid
d)
Solid, Gas, Liquid
13.
Rank these in order from least dense to most dense.
a)
Solid, Liquid, Gas
b)
Liquid, Gas, Solid
c)
Gas, Solid, Liquid
d)
Gas, Liquid, Solid
14.

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.

15.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma!!!

16.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

17.

Particles vibrate in place and do not change relative positions.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

18.

Particles are closely spaced.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

19.

Basic state of matter with the greatest amount of energy.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

20.

What happens to particles when their temperature increases?

a)

The particles move slower

b)

The particles move faster

c)

The particles lose mass

d)

The particles gain mass