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Solids Liquids and Gases

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the states of matter has a definite volume but indefinite shape?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

liquids and gases

2.

Which of the states of matter has a definite shape and definite volume?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

soids and liquids

3.

Which of the states of matter has indefinite shape and indefinite volume?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

liquids and gases

4.

Which of the states of matter has particles far apart and moving rapidly?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

liquids and solids

5.

Which of the states of matter has particles packed close together and vibrating?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

solids and liquids

6.

Which of the states of matter has the ability to flow?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

liquids and gases

7.

What is the most abundant state of matter in the universe?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

plasma

8.

What is an explanation of how the particles in matter behave?

a)

The Kinetic Theory

b)

The Big Bang Theory

c)

THe Molecular Theory

d)

The Theory of Relativity

9.

Which of the following is NOT an assumption fo the Kinetic Theory?

a)

All matter is composed of tiny particles

b)

The particles collide with each other and the container

c)

All particles will expand when heated

d)

Particles are in constant random motion

10.

Thermal energy includes both _____ energy of the particles as well as their _____ energy.

a)

chemical and kinetic

b)

kinetic and potential

c)

potential and electrical

d)

graviational and chemical

11.

What is the term that represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a substance?

a)

thermal energy

b)

mechanical energy

c)

temperature

d)

friction

12.

The energy required to change a substance from solid to liquid at its melting point is?

a)

heat of fusion

b)

heat of vaporization

c)

condensation

d)

sublimation

13.

Water is "weird" because it _____?

a)

forms crystal structures when it's a solid

b)

expands when it freezes

c)

contracts when it freezes

14.

The freezing point of a substance and the melting point of a substance are the same temperature.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

When particles move fast enough to escape and become a gas, this is known as?

a)

sublimation

b)

condensation

c)

vaporization

d)

fusion

16.

What phase change occurs when a liquid turns into a gas?

a)

boiling

b)

melting

c)

sublimation

d)

condensation

17.

What are the two ways that vaporization can occur?

a)

boiling and condensation

b)

sublimation and boiling

c)

evaporation and boiling

d)

evaporation and condensation

18.

The process of a solid changing directly to a gas without forming a liquid is known as?

a)

melting

b)

sublimation

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

19.

The amount of heat and energy required to change a liquid to gas?

a)

heat of fusion

b)

heat of melting

c)

heat of boiling

d)

heat of vaporization

20.

Construction workers cut lines in concrete because of what scientific principle?

a)

sublimation

b)

condensation

c)

amorphous solids

d)

thermal expansion

21.

Water is an exception to what scientific rule?

a)

density

b)

heating curves

c)

thermal expansion

d)

sublimation

22.

If you lower the air pressure enough, water will boil at room temperature?

a)

True

b)

Falses

23.

At which letter is the substance melting?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

24.

Which state of matter does the picture depict?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

25.

At which letter is the substance a gas?

a)

b

b)

c

c)

d

d)

e

26.

What state of matter does the picture depict?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

27.

A substance that does not have a specific temperature at which it melts is?

a)

amorphous solid

b)

liquid crystal

c)

water

d)

sublimation

28.

A group of materials that do not lose their ordered geometric arrangement upon melting is?

a)

amorphous solid

b)

liquid crystals

c)

water

d)

plasma

29.

Does water have a greater volume in solid or liquid form?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

30.

How many assumptions are in the kinetic theory?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

31.

Some of the assumptions of the kinetic theory apply to liquids and solids as well.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What is the boiling point of water in degrees Fahrenheit?

a)

100

b)

32

c)

212

d)

0

33.

What is the main difference between evaporation and boiling?

a)

Evaporation occurs throughout the liquid

b)

Boiling occurs only on the bottom of the liquid

c)

Evaportation occurs on the surface of the liquid.

d)

Boiling can happen at nearly any temperature

34.

Which of the following substances undergoes sublimation?

a)

dry ice

b)

liquid nitrogen

c)

liquid oxygen

d)

solid water

35.

What is the reverse of vaporization?

a)

sublimation

b)

boiling

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

36.

A heating curve is a graph of?

a)

temperature vs. heat

b)

temperature vs. time

c)

time vs. state of matter

d)

tempertaure vs. state of matter

37.

Particles move faster and farther apart as the temperature ___.

a)

stays the same

b)

decreases

c)

increases

d)

increases then decreases

38.

Hot-air balloons are able to rise due to thermal expansion. This expansion results in a decreased _______ of hot air.

a)

volume

b)

density

c)

pressure

d)

temperature

39.

Which of the following is an example of an amorphous solid?

a)

mercury

b)

jelly

c)

butter

d)

phone screens

40.

What state of matter is formed when the atoms collide with so much force the electrons are completely stripped off the atoms?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma