States of Matter Worksheet
A Grade 5 science worksheet focusing on the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas, their properties, and transitions.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of solids, liquids, and gases.
1. Which state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume?
Liquid
Gas
Solid
Plasma
2. What happens to a liquid when it freezes?
It becomes a gas.
It becomes a solid.
It becomes a different liquid.
It evaporates.
3. The process of a liquid turning into a gas is called .
4. Gases have no definite shape and no definite .
5. A solid will take the shape of its container.
True
False
6. Water vapor is an example of a liquid.
True
False
7. Describe the movement of particles in a gas.
Look at the diagram below showing the different states of matter and their transitions.

8. What is the process called when a solid turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
9. When ice turns into water, it is called .
10. Clouds form through the process of , where water vapor turns into liquid water droplets.