States of Matter
Change of State
Gas Behavior
Vocabulary
Completion
100
The state of matter in which particles are arranged in either a crystalline or an amorphous form is a. liquid. b. gas. c. solid. d. fluid.
What is solid.
100
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
What is a liquid becoming a gas
100
The amount of space that a gas takes up is its a. volume. b. mass. c. pressure. d. density.
What is pressure.
100
The resistance of a liquid to flowing is its a. pressure. b. temperature. c. viscosity. d. volume.
What is viscosity.
100
When a substance cools, it loses ____________________ energy to its surroundings.
What is thermal
200
A solid is a state of matter that has a(n) a. indefinite volume and an indefinite shape. b. definite volume and a definite shape. c. definite volume and an indefinite shape. d. indefinite volume and a definite shape.
What is definite volume and a definite shape.
200
The change from liquid to solid, or the reverse of melting, is called a. condensation. b. boiling. c. sublimation. d. freezing.
What is freezing.
200
The greater the speed of gas particles in a container, the a. fewer collisions there will be. b. lower the temperature. c. greater the pressure. d. lower the pressure.
What is greater the pressure.
200
The force of a gas’s outward push divided by the area of the walls of the container is the gas’s a. volume. b. temperature. c. pressure. d. density.
What is pressure.
200
____________________ occurs when particles in a gas lose enough thermal energy to form a liquid.
What is condensation
300
Particles of a liquid a. are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position. b. have no viscosity. c. decrease in volume with increasing temperature. d. are free to move in a container but remain in close contact with one another.
What is are free to move in a container but remain in close contact with one another.
300
During the process of sublimation, a. a solid turns directly into a gas. b. a solid turns into a liquid. c. a gas turns directly into a solid. d. a liquid turns into a gas.
What is a solid turns directly into a gas.
300
According to Boyle’s law, when the pressure of a gas increases at constant temperature, its volume a. increases. b. stays constant. c. decreases. d. increases, then decreases.
What is decreases.
300
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
What is a liquid becoming a gas
300
____________________ occurs when a liquid changes to a gas below its surface as well as at the surface.
What is boiling
400
In which state of matter do the particles spread apart and fill all the space available to them? a. crystal b. liquid c. gas d. solid
What is gas
400
An uncovered pot of soup is simmering on a stove, and there are water droplets on the wall above the back of the stove. What sequence can you infer has occurred? a. melting, then boiling b. freezing, then thawing c. vaporization, then condensation d. condensation, then vaporization
What is vaporization, then condensation
400
According to Charles’s law, when the temperature of a gas increases at constant pressure, its a. volume increases. b. mass increases. c. volume decreases. d. particles move more slowly.
What is volume increases.
400
A fluid is a. a solid substance made up of crystals. b. a substance that has a definite shape and a definite volume. c. a substance that flows. d. a substance that melts at a distinct temperature.
What is a substance that flows.
400
A shrinking puddle is an example of ____________________, or vaporization that takes place only on the surface of a liquid.
What is evaporation
500
The surface of water can act like a sort of skin due to a property of liquids called a. viscosity. b. surface tension. c. condensation. d. evaporation.
What is surface tension.
500
The opposite of vaporization is called a. condensation. b. sublimation. c. evaporation. d. freezing.
What is condensation.
500
The boiling point of a substance is affected by a. the mass of the substance. b. the substance’s volume. c. the pressure of the air above the substance. d. the amount of surface tension the substance has.
What is the pressure of the air above the substance.
500
The state of matter in which particles are arranged in either a crystalline or an amorphous form is a. liquid. b. gas. c. solid. d. fluid.
What is solid.
500
Weather balloons are filled with only a small amount of helium because the ____________________ of the balloon will increase as the air pressure decreases at higher altitudes.
What is volume
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