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Model of Matter

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which states allow easy flow of particles
a)
Gas and Solid
b)
Gas and Liquid
c)
Solid and Liquid
d)
Gas only
2.
Can Solids be compressed?
a)
No
b)
Yes
c)
Sometimes (it depends what it's made of)
d)
Generally no
3.
What happens to particles as they heat up?
a)
They slow down
b)
Nothing
c)
They don't move
d)
They speed up
4.
If a balloon is cooled what will happen to the volume?
a)
Volume will increase
b)
Volume will decrease
c)
Volume will not change
5.

_____Is anything that has mass and takes up space?

a)

Solids

b)

Matter

c)

Vaporization

6.

The three basic states of matter are...

a)

Liquid

b)

Freezing

c)

Solid

d)

Gas

e)

Particle

7.

Extremely small pieces of matter are called

a)

Liquids

b)

Gases

c)

Energies

d)

Particles

8.

Which state of matter has the least energy?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

9.

Freezing is the change of state from

a)

liquid to solid

b)

solid to liquid

c)

liquid to gas

d)

gas to plasma

10.

Choose the ways thermal energy is being used

a)

Cooking dinner on a stove

b)

Baking cookies

c)

Freezing ice cream

d)

Heating water for a bath

11.

Which state of matter has the fastest particles?

a)

Liquid

b)

Solid

c)

Gas

12.

If we took heat away from a liquid and it continued to get colder, what would happen?

a)

It would vaporize and become a gas

b)

It would freeze and become a solid

c)

It would turn into plasma

13.

What would happen if a pot of water was heated and continued to get hotter?

a)

It would vaporize

b)

It would stay a liquid

c)

The particles would stop moving

14.
What are the 2 characteristics of matter?
a)
volume & energy
b)
mass & energy
c)
volume & mass
d)
matter encompasses all
15.
The amount of atoms (building blocks of matter) that a substance has. 
a)
volume
b)
mass 
c)
matter
d)
energy
16.
Dry ice is an example of what phase change.
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
vaporization/boiling
d)
sublimation
17.
Water vapor (a gas) forming frost (a solid) on the windshield of a car is an example of what phase change?
a)
melting
b)
sublimation
c)
condensation
d)
deposition
18.
What is water vapor doing when it changes to water?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
19.
What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
20.
The steam coming off the pot of boiling water is an example of....
a)
a solid becoming a liquid
b)
a liquid becoming a solid
c)
a liquid becoming a gas
d)
a gas becoming a liquid