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WorksheetsStates of matter
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
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.
Which state of matter has the lowest compressibility?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Plasma
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
16.
Which is a property of matter that you CANNOT observe just by looking at an object?
a)
temperature
b)
shape
c)
color
17.
Which object is a solid that keeps it's shape when it changes containers?
a)
Chocolate milk
b)
Gravel
c)
Oxygen
18.
Which of the following changes liquid water into gas?
a)
boiling
b)
freezing
c)
melting
19.
Which of the following things will take the shape of the container it is in?
a)
ice cube
b)
melted chocolate
c)
baseball
20.
When a stick of butter melts it changes from a...
a)
solid to gas
b)
gas to solid
c)
solid to liquid
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