Name:___________________________Date:____________Period:_____
States of Matter Test: Study Guide
Test Information: 20 questions- 18 multiple choice (1 pt. ea.), 2 short answer (3 pts.
ea.). 48 points total.
Study Tips: study your journal from your post-it (notes, foldables, output).
Have someone quiz you from your study guide.
Notes to Study:
List 3 properties of a solid.
1. Particles are locked in place, vibrate.
2. __________________________________.
3. __________________________________.
List 3 properties of a liquid.
1. Particles touch, slide past each other.
2. __________________________________.
3. __________________________________.
List 3 properties of a gas.
1. Particles spread out, move fast, collide.
2. ____________________________________.
3. ____________________________________.
Is this a solid, liquid, or a gas?
This is a _________________________.
The lines represent where the particles
__________________.
What are 2 properties
of crystals?
1. 3-D repeating pattern of particles.
2. ____________________.
List 3 examples of crystals?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
What are 2 properties of
long-chain polymers?
1. Long-chains of particles.
2. __________________________________.
List 3 examples of
long-chain polymers.
______________________________________
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s = solid
l = liquid
g = gas
What happens during
melting.
Heat is absorbed making particles slide around.
_____________
What happens during
freezing.
Heat exits making particles lock in position/vibrate
_____________
What happens during
vaporization.
Heat enters particles separate and move fast.
_____________
What happens during
condensation.
Heat exits, particles come together and touch.
_____________
What happens during
sublimation.
Heat is absorbed, particles separate without
without melting first.
______________
What happens during
deposition.
Heat exits, particles lock into place without
becoming liquid first.
______________
What does endothermic mean?
__________________________________
What are the 3 endothermic
phase changes?
__________________________________
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What does exothermic mean?
__________________________________
What are the 3 exothermic
phase changes?
__________________________________
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When a phase change happens, does
the identity of the particles change?
__________________________________
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Do any substances have the same
melting or boiling points?
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Practice Problems
1. How do the particles in a gas move?
a. They do not move at all
b. They vibrate in place
c. They are close together but can slide past one another
d. They are independent of one another and move freely in all directions.
2. How do particles in a solid move?
a. They do not move at all
b. They vibrate in place
c. They are close together but can slide past one another
d. They are independent of one another and move freely in all directions.
3. How do the particles in a liquid move?
a. They do not move at all
b. They vibrate in place
c. They are close together but can slide past one another
d. They are independent of one another and move freely in all directions.
4. Based on how much energy there is in the particles, order the states of matter from
the most energy to the least energy.
a. Solid, liquid, gas
b. Gas, liquid, solid
c. Solid, gas, liquid
d. Gas, solid, liquid
5. Making a popsicle is an _________________ change called _________________.
a. Endothermic, freezing
b. Endothermic, melting
c. Exothermic, freezing
d. Exothermic, melting
6. Dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) turns to steam (gas). This is an _______________
change called _____________________.
a. Endothermic, evaporation
b. Endothermic, sublimation
c. Exothermic, evaporation
d. Exothermic, sublimation
7. When you pour liquid gold into a mold and let it harden to make jewelry, the
hardening is an __________________ process called _____________________
a. Endothermic, melting
b. Endothermic, freezing
c. Exothermic, melting
d. Exothermic, freezing
8. Overnight, some dew formed on a spider web (gas to liquid). This was an
_______________ process called __________________.
a. Endothermic, condensation
b. Exothermic, condensation
c. Endothermic, vaporization
d. Exothermic, vaporization
9. Which is true about gases?
a. They have a definite shape and volume
b. They have a definite shape but not a definite volume
c. They have no fixed shape but have a fixed volume
d. They have no fixed shape or volume.
10. Which is true about solids?
a. They have a definite shape and volume
b. They have a definite shape but not a definite volume
c. They have no fixed shape but have a fixed volume
d. They have no fixed shape or volume.
11. If you want to change a substance to a different state of matter you must:
a. Add or remove energy
b. Change the volume of the substance
c. Add or take away mass
d. Change the size of the particles
12. When you freeze a substance, the liquid has _______________ the solid.
a. different particles compared to
b. the same type of particles as the
c. a smaller mass than
13. Ice and water are made of _____________ type of particles.
a. the same
b. different
14. In order for a substance to change from a gas to a liquid, the substance must:
a. lose energy
b. gain energy
15. When ice melts it ___________ energy. When water condenses it ___________
energy.
a. absorbs, releases
b. releases, absorbs
16. Which of the following are crystals?
a. Salt
c. Gemstones (rubies, diamonds, etc.)
b. Sugar
d. All of the above
17. Which of the following are long-chain polymers?
a. Rubber
c. snowflakes
b. Quartz
d. None of the above
18. Circle the picture below that shows particles in a solid?
19. Every substance has a different melting point.
a. True
b. False
20. A kind of matter that keeps its shape and volume is a
a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
21. A liquid has:
a. A rigid shape
b. A fixed volume
c. Neither a rigid shape nor a fixed volume
22. What are the two types of vaporization?
a. Melting and freezing
b. Boiling and evaporation
c. Condensation and melting
23. Making ice cubes from liquid water is an example of :
a. Condensation
b. Freezing
c. Vaporization
24. When the particles of a gas lose thermal energy, they move:
a. Faster
b. Slower
c. At the same speed.
25. Which is an example of vaporization?
a. Drops of dew on grass
b. Ice cream cone dripping
c. Puddle drying up
26. The particles of a solid are closely packed together.
a. True
b. False
27. Air is an example of a liquid
a. True
b. False
28. Condensation takes place when the particles of a gas lose enough thermal energy
to form a liquid.
a. True
b. False
29. When the temperature increases, the gas particles start to move slower.
a. True
b. False
30. Melting is an endothermic process.
a. True
b. False