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WorksheetsChange in State of Matter
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
When thermal energy is increased in a solid, what change in state is happening?
a)
Melting
b)
Evaporation
c)
Freezing
d)
Condensation
2.
When thermal energy is decreased in a liquid, what change in state is happening?
a)
Melting
b)
Freezing
c)
Condensation
d)
Evaporation
3.
When thermal energy is increased in a liquid, what change in state is happening?
a)
Melting
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Freezing
4.
When thermal energy is decreased in a gas, what change in state is happening?
a)
Melting
b)
Freezing
c)
Evaporation
d)
Condensation
5.
When thermal energy is increased in a liquid and evaporation occurs, what state of matter does the liquid change into?
a)
Solid
b)
Gas
6.
When thermal energy is decreased in a liquid and freezing occurs, what state of matter does the liquid change into?
a)
Gas
b)
Solid
7.
A large piece of ice is placed on the sidewalk on a warm day. What will happen to the ice?
a)
It will melt to form liquid water
b)
It will melt to form water vapor
c)
It will not change at all.
d)
It will freeze to form liquid water.
8.
An ice cube is placed in a pan. The pan is placed over an open flame. Which change will MOST likely happen over time?
a)
The ice changes to a gas then a liquid
b)
The ice changes to a gas and then back to a solid
c)
The ice changes to a liquid then to a gas.
d)
The ice changes to a liquid and back to a solid.
9.
How can you make liquid water become a solid?
a)
Add a lot of salt to the water.
b)
Put the water in a very cold place
c)
Shake the water container very fast.
d)
Heat the water on the stove.
10.
Snow turns to liquid water when it
a)
freezes
b)
evaporates
c)
condenses
d)
melts.
11.
Bob filled a tray with juice and put it in the freezer. The next day Bob opened the freezer. How did the juice MOST likely change?
a)
It became a solid.
b)
It became a gas
c)
It condensed
d)
It evaporated.
12.
Gas becomes solid without first becoming liquid
a)
sublimation
b)
deposition
c)
vaporization
d)
evaporation
13.
Solid becomes gas without first changing to liquid
a)
deposition
b)
sublimation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
14.
What is an example of sublimation?
a)
Ice cream melting
b)
Dry ice
c)
Fog
d)
Smoke
15.
What is the definition of sublimation?
a)
a chemical process where a solid turns into a gas without going through a liquid stage
b)
the process of a liquid changing into a gas
c)
the chemical energy activating
d)
the process of a solid changing to a liquid
16.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
17.
If a box of crayons is left in a hot car on a summer afternoon, what change would you expect to observe in the crayons?
a)
gas changed to liquid
b)
liquid changed to solid
c)
solid changed to liquid
d)
liquid changed to gas
18.
After a rainstorm a group of students notices puddles on the sidewalk. Later that afternoon the students observed a change in the puddles. What caused the water in the puddle to disappear?
a)
shadows covered the sidewalk
b)
the Sun's heat evaporated the water
c)
the rainstorms continued all day
19.
What are the three states of matter?
a)
texture, volume, mass
b)
density, volume, mass
c)
solid, liquid, gas
d)
density, color, volume
20.
Which is a gas?
a)
milk
b)
rock
c)
steam
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