States of Matter Worksheet
Explore the three common states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas, their properties, and phase changes.
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1. Which state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume?
Liquid
Gas
Solid
Plasma
2. What happens to the particles of a substance when it changes from a liquid to a gas?
They get closer together.
They move faster and spread out.
They remain unchanged.
They change into a different substance.
3. The process of a solid changing directly into a gas without passing through the liquid state is called .
4. In a , particles are tightly packed and vibrate in fixed positions.
5. The temperature at which a liquid changes into a solid is called its point.
6. Gases have a definite volume but no definite shape.
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False
7. Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs only at the surface of a liquid.
True
False
8. Describe the arrangement and movement of particles in a liquid.
9. Explain the difference between melting and freezing in terms of energy.
10. Observe the image below showing the particle arrangement in different states of matter. Label each diagram as 'Solid', 'Liquid', or 'Gas'.
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