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States of Matter Physical Science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which form of matter has a definite shape like this picture?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
d)
clay
2.
Which form of matter take the shape of a container like this juice?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
glass
d)
gas
3.
Which form of matter fills the space like it has in the balloon?
a)
liquid
b)
string
c)
solid
d)
gas
4.
What is happening when my ice cream changes from a solid to a liquid?
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
burning
d)
evaporation
5.
What is happening when my water bottle in the freezer goes from a liquid state to a solid state?
a)
melting
b)
evaporating
c)
freezing
d)
cutting
6.
Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?
a)
liquid
b)
gas
c)
solid
d)
air
7.
When water becomes very hot and turns into steam, this is an example of?
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Accumulation
d)
Rain
8.
Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.
a)
True
b)
False
liquid
9.
In a solid, the particles
a)
vibrate in place
b)
slide past one another
c)
overcome the strong attraction
10.
The drops of water that appear on the outside of a glass of cold juice on a warm day are an example of?
a)
sublimation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
11.
A gas
a)
has a definite shape but no definite volume
b)
has a definite volume but no definite shape
c)
has fast-moving particles
12.
The reverse of condensation is
a)
sublimation
b)
evaporation
c)
boiling
13.
Which of the following occurs when a liquid becomes a gas?
a)
the particles slow down
b)
the particles beak away from one another
c)
the particles move closer together
14.
At higher temperatures
a)
particles in an object have less energy
b)
particles in an object move faster
c)
a gas contracts
15.
How is a solid defined?
a)
Indefinite shape and indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape and definite volume
c)
Found in the stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
16.
Define a liquid.
a)
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
17.
What is vaporization?
a)
a gas becoming a liquid
b)
a liquid becoming a solid
c)
a gas becoming a solid
d)
a liquid becoming a gas
18.
a)
It changes.
b)
It doesn't change.
c)
It decreases
d)
It increases
19.
a)
It remains the same.
b)
It changes greatly.
c)
It changes minimally.
d)
Unable to tell.
20.
Gas expands to fit____________.
a)
the air
b)
the volume
c)
the shape and fill the volume of its container
d)
the walls of the container