Properties of Matter
What are the 3 states of matter?
they are quivering, but stuck together
Name a solid state of water
ice, frost, snow
Thermal is another word for what?
Temperature
Name a state of matter will take the shape of its container.
liquid or gas
Which state of matter would be described as having a medium amount of energy?
liquid
Name a material that naturally has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape
(any liquid)
Thermal expansion is when a material's volume _________.
Increases or gets bigger
How are the molecules in a solid arranged?
They have structure and are packed tightly.
Molecules that are zipping around and trying to escape their container are properties of which state of matter?
Gas.
Name the state of matter with a fixed shape and volume.
A solid.
When you cool a material the speed of its molecules does what?
Slows down
True or False: there is some space between liquid molecules.
True
If I wanted to increase the energy in a water molecule, what would I do to it?
heat it
If particles are closer together are they moving fast or slow?
Slow
True or False: A balloon put in the freezer gets smaller because some of the air molecules escape the balloon.
False
True or False: as the molecules in a material get farther apart it's mass increases.
False, the mass stays the same and the volume increases.
What has greater kinetic energy, a glass of water at 40 degrees F or a glass of water at 100 degrees F?
100 degrees F
What state of matter:
-has particles that are close together
-has particles that move randomly
-has particles that collide
A liquid.
What is the word for the transfer of thermal energy from an material of higher heat to a material of lower thermal energy?