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Unit 2 Test - Solids, Liquids, Gases & Plasma

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False? Oil will float on water because oil is less dense than water.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or false? Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of a substance.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or false? Pascal's principle explains the relationship between density and buoyancy.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or false? The pressure inside the tires is greater after an automobile has been driven for a few hours than the tire pressure at the beginning of the trip?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

True or false? When evaporating a liquid, you add heat until the liquid reaches a temperature at which it changes to bubbles of gas below its surface.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True or false? The melting point is the same temperature as the freezing point for a substance.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or false? Particles in a large balloon will hit the balloon more often causing the balloon to expand.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance is the ____________.

a)

temperature

b)

heat

c)

thermal energy

d)

kinetic energy

9.

The ____________ is a unit of force.

a)

pascal

b)

atmosphere

c)

newton

d)

liter

10.

Archimedes' principle helps to explain the relationship between _________________.

a)

kinetic energy and density

b)

temperature and density

c)

pressure and density

d)

buoyancy and density

11.

Which of the following factors does NOT affect the behavior of gas in a closed container?

a)

the number of particles

b)

the average kinetic energy

c)

the cohesive forces between the glass

d)

the size of the container

12.

Foe most substances, the distance between particles is smallest when the substance ____________________.

a)

exists as a gas.

b)

exists as a liquid.

c)

exists as a crystalline solid.

d)

exists as an amorphous solid.

13.

A cork is able to float on water because it is ____________.

a)

a crystalline solid.

b)

the same density as the water.

c)

small in size.

d)

less dense than the water.

14.

Which is the state change that occurs when a solid becomes a gas without becoming a liquid first?

a)

vaporization

b)

sublimation

c)

deposition

d)

freezng

15.

Which change in state requires that energy be added to the substance?

a)

freezing

b)

deposition

c)

condensation

d)

vaporization

16.

Which of the following about an ice cube floating in a glass of water is correct?

a)

The temperature of the ice cube increases.

b)

The temperature of the ice cube decreases.

c)

The temperature of the ice cube remains constant.

d)

The temperature of the ice cube will fluctuate.

17.

Which state of matter is most common in the universe?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

18.

Matter that has a definite volume and a definite shape is a __________?

a)

plasma

b)

gas

c)

liquid

d)

solid

19.

Matter in which atoms are tightly held in place is a___________?

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

plasma

d)

solid

20.

Matter with no definite volume and no definite shape is a _________?

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

plasma

d)

solid

21.

Matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape is a __________?

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

plasma

d)

solid

22.

Compared to most substances, water is unusual because it ____________ when it changes from the liquid to the solid state.

a)

contracts

b)

expands

c)

melts

d)

diffuses

23.

According to ____________, the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature, as long as pressure does not change.

a)

Bernoulli's principle

b)

Boyle's law

c)

Charles' law

d)

Archimedes' principle

24.

According to ___________, the buoyant force on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

a)

Bernoulli's principle

b)

Boyle's law

c)

Charles' law

d)

Archimedes' principle

25.

According to ____________, pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted unchanged throughout that fluid.

a)

Bernoulli's principle

b)

Pascal's principle

c)

Charles' law

d)

Archimedes' principle

26.

Whether an object will sink or float in a fluid is explained by _________.

a)

Bernoulli's principle

b)

Boyle's law

c)

Charles' law

d)

Archimedes' principle

27.

Bernoulli's principle explains why _______________.

a)

boats float

b)

planes fly

c)

heated objects expand

d)

heat of fusion exists

28.

As a sample of matter is heated, its particles ______________.

a)

are unaffected.

b)

move more quickly.

c)

move more slowly.

d)

stop moving.

29.

The particles that make up a solid move ___________ than do the particles that make up a gas.

a)

in the same way

b)

more quickly

c)

more quickly and farther

d)

more slowly

30.

A fluids resistance to flow is called _____________?

a)

viscosity.

b)

fluid pressure.

c)

buoyancy.

d)

density.

31.

As the temperature of a gas increases, the volume of the gas will ___________ if the pressure remains constant.

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

remain the same

d)

contract

32.

As the volume of a gas decreases, the pressure of the gas will _____________, if the temperature remains the same.

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

remain the same

d)

contract

33.

Match the correct principle or law with this statement, "Fluid velocity increases when the flow of the fluid is restricted."

a)

Archimedes' principle

b)

Bernoulli's principle

c)

Boyle's law

d)

Pascal's principle

e)

Charles' law

34.

Match the correct principle or law with this statement, "Pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted throughout the fluid."

a)

Archimedes' principle

b)

Bernoulli's principle

c)

Boyle's law

d)

Pascal's principle

e)

Charles' law

35.

Match the correct principle or law with this statement, "Buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object."

a)

Archimedes' principle

b)

Bernoulli's principle

c)

Boyle's law

d)

Pascal's principle

e)

Charles' law

36.

Match the correct principle or law with this statement, "A decrease in the volume of a container of gas that holds a constant temperature, results in an increased pressure from the gas."

a)

Archimedes' principle

b)

Bernoulli's principle

c)

Boyle's law

d)

Pascal's principle

e)

Charles' law

37.

Match the correct principle or law with this statement, "The volume of a gas increases with increasing temperaure."

a)

Archimedes' principle

b)

Bernoulli's principle

c)

Boyle's law

d)

Pascal's principle

e)

Charles' law

38.

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

The measurement of force per unit area is called (a)   .

39.

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

The temperature at which ice changes into liquid water is called its ____________ __________.

(a)  

40.

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

At the boiling point, the (a)   pressure over a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure.