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States of Matter Quiz
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1) When a solid changes into a liquid, it is called ......
a.) vaporization
b.) melting
c.) evaporation
2) When a solid changes directly into a gas, it is called ......
a.) sublimation
b.) evaporation
3) When a gas changes into a liquid, it is called ......
a.) solidification
b.) melting
c.) condensation
4) Matter in a solid state has . . . . . volume and . . . . . . shape.
a.) __________no definite __________no definite
b.)__________a definite __________a definite
c.) __________a definite __________no definite
5) How many states of matter are there? (Scientists call plasmas a state of matter too.
You do not have to count plasma as a state of matter for this question).
a.) two
b.) three
c.) five
6) The states of matter are the following: solids, liquids, gases, plastics.
a.) True
b.) False
7) States are also known as ?
a.) phases
b.) phrases
c.) frases
8) Which phase of matter does not take the shape of the container it is in?
a.) solid
b.)liquid
9) True or false?
There is very little space between the molecules of a liquid. There is a lot of space
between the molecules of a gas.
a.) True
b.) False
10) When solids reach their melting point they become ......
a.) liquids
b.) gases
11) What happens when a gas reaches condensation point?
a.) It becomes a solid.
b.) It becomes a liquid.
12) What is evaporation?
a.) when liquids turn into vapor
b.) when solids turn into vapor
13) What state / phase can fit into any container of any size and any shape?
a.) gas
b.) solid
c.) liquid and solid
14) Gas and vapor means the same.
a.) True
b.) False
15) Which state can hold its own shape?
a.) a solid
b.) a liquid
c. ) a gas
16) Which state of matter resists very strongly if you try to change its shape?
a.) gas
b.) solid
c.) liquid
17) The molecules in which state of matter spread out until they fill the container no
matter how big this container is?
a.) liquid
b.) gas
c. ) solid
18) When a liquid changes into a solid, it is called ......
a.) melting
b.) freezing
c.) condensation
19) Solidification is when a gas changes into a solid.
a.) True
b.) False
20) Matter in a ...... has a ...... volume and ...... shape.
a.) gaseous state ___ no definite ___ no definite
b.) liquid state _____ no definite ___ definite
c.) solid state _____ no definite ___ no definite
21) Fill in the correct missing words: Matter in a ..... has ...... volume and ...... shape.
a.) solid state ___ no definite ___ no definite
b.) gaseous state ___ definite ___ no definite
c.) liquid state ___ a definite ___ no definite
22) When water freezes or when water becomes a vapor is it still the substance: water?
a.) yes
b.) no
23) True or false? Liquids expand in all directions to take the shape of the container it is
in.
a.) False
b.) True
24) Pick the true statement below:
a.) Gases are harder to compress than solids
b.) Liquids are harder to compress than gases
c.) Liquids are harder to compress than solids
25) Compression forces atoms closer together. Compression forces something into a
smaller space.
a.) True
b.) False
26) True or false? When solids reach their melting points, solids become liquids.
a.) True
b.) False
27) Which phases have melting points?
a.) liquids
b.) gases
c.) solids
28) Pick the correct statement:
a.) Solids become gases at their melting points
b.) Solids become liquids at their melting points
29) At what point does a liquid become a solid?
a.) at boiling point
b.) at freezing point
c.) at condensation point
30) Evaporation is when a solid turns into a liquid.
a.) True
b.) False
31) Which phase of matter takes the shape of the container it is in?
a.) solid
b.) gas
32) Pick the true statement:
a.) Liquids are easier to compress than solids
b.) Solids are easier to compress than liquids
c.) Solids are easier to compress than gases
33) When gases reach their melting point they become ......
a.) liquids
b.) solids
c.) none of the above is correct
34) Pick the true statement:
a.) Solids have a melting point
b.) Gases have a boiling point
c.) Solids have a condensation point
35) Pick the true statement below:
a.) A gas becomes a liquid at condensation point.
b.) A gas becomes a solid at condensation point.
c.) A solid becomes a gas at condensation point.
36) Pick the right statement below:
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
e.)
In gases the atoms are spread out the most - atoms are far apart.
In liquids the atoms are packed closer together.
In solids the atoms are packed the closest together.
All the above statements are right
All the above statements are wrong
37) Which states of matter are not able to hold their own shapes?
a.) only liquids
b.) only gases
c.) liquids and gases
38) What state of matter is the easiest to compress?
a.) liquids
b.) solids
c.) gases
39) True or false? Compression spread atoms out.
a.) True
b.) False
40) Pick the true statement:
a.) Liquids can freeze
b.) Gases can freeze
c.) Solids can freeze