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Solid, Liquids, and Gases

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The attraction between particles gives solids a definite

a)

shape and volume

b)

shape and color

c)

shape and position

d)

flow and radius

2.

The temperature at which a solid begins to liquefy is its ______ point.

a)

freezing

b)

boiling

c)

melting

d)

mass

3.

The amount of energy required for a liquid at its boiling point to become a gas is _____________.

a)

heat of fusion

b)

heat of vaporization

c)

transpiration

d)

freezing point

4.

_______________ is an increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased.

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

thermal point

d)

thermal expansion

5.

According to the kinetic theory of matter, all matter is composed of

a)

waves

b)

particles

c)

solid material

d)

plasma

6.

Which of the following is a state of matter?

a)

particle

b)

thermal

c)

plasma

d)

diffuse

7.

When the temperature of a substance is lowered, its particles

a)

vibrate more quickly

b)

stop vibrating completely

c)

escape the attractive forces of the other particles

d)

vibrate more slowly

8.

The amount of energy needed to change a substance from the solid phase to the liquid phase is the substance's

a)

heat of vaporization

b)

heat of transformation

c)

melting point

d)

heat of fusion

9.

Why can people on one side of a room smell the scent of an air freshener sprayed on the opposite side of the room?

a)

The molecules of air freshener have thermally expanded

b)

The air pressure where the freshener was sprayed is greater than in the rest of the room

c)

The molecules of air freshener spread out until they are evenly distributed throughout the room

d)

The molecules of air freshener are amorphous

10.

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

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

11.

An example of an amorphous solid is

a)

glass

b)

dry ice

c)

liquid crystals

d)

water

12.

An example of a substance that can undergo sublimation is

a)

glass

b)

liquid crystals

c)

water

d)

dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide)

13.

When a gas becomes a liquid it is called

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

sublimation

d)

freezing

14.

The energy an object has due to its motion

a)

thermal energy

b)

potential energy

c)

kinetic energy

d)

gravitational energy

15.

A measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object

a)

kinetic energy

b)

temperature

c)

thermal energy

d)

particle motion

16.

Change of state from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid form

a)

deposition

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

sublimation

17.

The change of state of a gas to a solid without going through the liquid state

a)

evaporation

b)

sublimation

c)

deposition

d)

condensation

18.

The amount of force applied per unit of area

a)

density

b)

mass

c)

volume

d)

pressure

19.

States that pressure of a gas increases if the volume decreases and pressure of a gas decreases if the volume increases, when temperature is constant

a)

Boyle's Law

b)

Kinetic Molecular Theory

c)

Charles' Law

d)

Newton's First Law

20.

States that the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature, if the pressure is constant

a)

Boyle's Law

b)

Kinetic Molecular Theory

c)

Charles' Law

d)

Newton's Laws of Motion

21.

The motion of gas particles is described as

a)

constant

b)

rapid

c)

random

d)

all of these

22.

The temperature at which a substance has no kinetic energy is

a)

-273 degree Celsius

b)

zero Kelvin

c)

absolute zero

d)

all of these

23.

An ideal gas has _____ attractions between particles.

a)

no

b)

weak

c)

strong

d)

many types of

24.

Gases can be compressed because the particles are

a)

small

b)

large

c)

close together

d)

far apart

25.

The boiling point of a given liquid

a)

is a constant

b)

depends on temperature

c)

depends on atmospheric pressure

d)

depends on the size of the container