Questions on The Particle Theory of Matter
1. What is the process from a solid to a liquid called?
a) Melting
b) Freezing
c) Sublimation
2. What is sublimation?
3. How do you go from a liquid to a gas?
4. What change in state changes a gas to a liquid?
a) Evaporation
b) Condensation
c) Deposition
5. Water vapour is an example of which state?
6. What is one of the parts of the Particle Theory of Matter?
7. What do you think the tiny particles are called?
8. What are three examples of a liquid?
9. What is the fourth state of matter?
Questions on The Particle Theory of Matter
10. What are the six changes in state?
11. Which three add heat?
12. Which three lose heat?
13. Explain, in terms of the particle theory, what happens during the melting process?
14. Do you think all things have the same melting point?
15. Give an example of melting (besides water). If you can, state the solid and liquid name of the
item. ( e.g. solid water is called ice. When heat is applied, it turns to a liquid which is water.)
16. In which state do the particles move the fastest?
a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
17. In which state are the particles closest together?
a) Liquid
b) Solid
c) Gas
18. In which state are the particles together but not arranged in a regular pattern?
a) Gas
b) Solid
c) Liquid
Questions on The Particle Theory of Matter
19. In which state of matter are the bonds between particles greatest?
20. Label this diagram. Make sure you have the states of matter and the phase changes as well
Questions on The Particle Theory of Matter
21. Draw the states of matter in their molecular forms