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Kinetic Theory & States of Matter

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state of matter has both definite shape and definite volume?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

2.

What is the phase change of a solid to a liquid?

a)

freezing

b)

melting

c)

boiling

d)

condensation

3.
5. What is it called when a solid turns directly into a gas?
a)
Sublimation
b)
Condensation
c)
Liquid
4.
7. All phase changes (changing states) requires energy to be added or taken away.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Change from gas to liquid...
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
expansion
d)
movement
6.

What state/phase is the object likely from points A to B?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

7.

What is happening to the particles in the substance between points A and B?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Speeding Up

d)

Slowing Down

8.

What is happening to the particles in the substance between points D and E?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Vaporizing

d)

Sublimating

9.

Physical Properties

a)

Can't be observed unless you change what they are made of.

b)

Can only be observed under a microscope

c)

describe the appearance of something.

d)

Can only be done in science.

10.

What are 4 forms of matter?

a)

solid, liquid, air, lava

b)

solid, liquid, gas, plasma

c)

Earth, Wind, Fire, Ether

d)

Fire, Water, Soil, Wind

11.

What does volume measure?

a)

mass

b)

the size of something

c)

how much space something takes up.

d)

the speed something goes

12.

What does density measure?

a)

Nothing

b)

How much volume something has

c)

how packed particles are in a substance.

d)

the temperature of an object.

13.
Something that takes up space and has mass.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
mass
d)
density
14.
A measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit of volume.
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
volume
d)
matter
15.
The amount of space something takes up
a)
density
b)
volume
c)
mass
d)
matter
16.

Grams is a unit of ___

a)

mass

b)

volume

c)

conductivity

d)

melting point

17.
What is the measure of gravity on an object?
a)
matter
b)
mass
c)
weight
d)
volume
18.

Unit of volume.

a)

g

b)

ml

c)

g/ml

d)

K

19.

Unit of mass.

a)

g

b)

ml

c)

g/ml

d)

K

20.

Unit of density.

a)

g

b)

ml

c)

g/ml

d)

K

21.

Which state of matter has both definite shape and definite volume?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

22.

Which of the following is (are) fluids?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

23.

All of the following are physical changes except:

a)

Melting

b)

burning

c)

condensing

d)

vaporizing

24.

Atoms in a _______ are closely packed vibrating particles.

a)

plasma

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

gas

25.

When the particles of a liquid are heated, they begin to expand, and the phase changes to a _____. These particles then move in straight lines until they bounce off of something. When the particles cool back down to a liquid it is called _________

a)

Gas, condensation

b)

Plasma, condensation

c)

Gas, Sublimation

d)

Plasma, vaporization

26.

Increasing the temperature of a substance causes the particles to speed up and can cause which of the following to occur? (choose 3)

a)

condensing

b)

vaporizing

c)

melting

d)

boiling

27.

At higher temperatures

a)

particles in an object have less kinetic energy

b)

particles in an object move faster

c)

a gas contracts

28.

Thermal energy is...

a)

heat energy

b)

the energy of motion

c)

energy of nuclear processes.

d)

an indication of physical change.

29.

Which of the following states of matter has the LOWEST level of kinetic energy?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

30.

Which of the following states of matter can easily be compressed (made to fit into a small volume)?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

31.

The kinetic theory of matter states that all particles are constantly

a)

growing

b)

contracting

c)

reacting

d)

moving

32.

Evaporation is what kind of change and WHY?

a)

Endothermic because it requires energy

b)

Exothermic because it requires energy

c)

Endothermic because it releases energy

d)

Exothermic because it requires energy

33.

The 3 MAIN states of matter are:

​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

Choose from the below words

plasma

Bose-Einstein Condensates

solid
liquid
gas
34.
Of these three states of matter, which one has the most kinetic energy? 
a)
Solid 
b)
Liquid 
c)
Gas
35.

The properties of liquids include (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

definite volume

b)

take the shape of the container

c)

can flow

d)

are relatively incompressible

e)

can diffuse and have surfacre tension