States of Matter

Key Terms

100

What term refers to "what all things are made of"?

a) Matter

b) Dirt

c) Travel

What is:

a) MATTER?

200

A term meaning "the tiny microscopic particles that make up matter":

a) Water;

b) Molecules;

c) Plankton.

What is:

b) MOLECULES?

300

A state of matter that has a definite shape, weight (mass), and volume:

a) Liquid;

b) Solid;

c) Gas.

What is:

b) SOLID?

400

A state of matter that takes the shape of its container, has mass (weight), and takes up space (volume):

a) Solid;

b) Gas;

c) Liquid.

What is:

c) LIQUID?

500

The state of matter that may not be seen, takes the shape of its container, and may not have definite mass or volume:

a) Gas;

b) Solid;

c) Liquid.

What is:

a) GAS?

What State I'm In

100

I am a rock. I have a definite shape, I have mass (weight), and I take up space (volume). I am a:

a) Solid;

b) Liquid;

c) Gas.

What is:

a) SOLID?

200

I am iced tea. I am delicious to drink. I can only take the shape of my container, but I have weight and volume. I am:

a) Solid;

b) Liquid;

c) Gas.

What is:

b) LIQUID?

300

I am helium. I am used to blow up balloons! I take the shape of the container I am in. I may not have mass (weight), but I can take up a little or a lot of space. I am:

a) Solid;

b) Liquid; 

c) Gas.

What is:

c) GAS?

400

I am an ice cube. I am frozen water. When I melt, I turn into a liquid. However, ice cubes like me have mass/weight and volume. An ice cube like me is:

a) Solid;

b) Liquid;

c) Gas. 

What is:

a) SOLID?

500

I am air. You need to breathe me in to live. I am everywhere, so I take up a lot of space. I do not have mass/weight. Air is a:

a) Solid;

b) Liquid;

c) Gas.

What is:

c) GAS?

Potpourri

100

The number of states of matter there are in the world:

a) 12;

b) 3;

c) Unlimited!

What is:

a) 3 (Three)?

200

A true fact about solids:

a) Their molecules spread out far so their shape changes a lot;

b) They have no mass;

c) The have a definite shape.

What is:

c) Solids have a definite shape?

300

A true fact about gases:

a) They do not have shapes of their own;

b) They have weight;

c) Gases are all dangerous to people.

What is:

a) They do NOT have shapes of their own?

400

A difference between solids and liquids:

a) Solids take up more space than liquids always;

b) Liquids have molecules that spread out more if not in a container;

c) Liquids always hurt people who drink them.

What is:

b) Liquids have molecules that spread out more if not in a container?