Chapter 2 test cards

Question 1

List the three states of matter

Answer 1

Solid, Liquid, Gas

Question 2

What state of matter has no definite shape but a definite volume?

Answer 2

Liquid

Question 3

What state of matter has no definite volume or shape?

Answer 3

Gas

Question 4

What state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

Answer 4

Solid

Question 5

List the three measurements that are helpful to know when working with a gas

Answer 5

Volume, temperature, pressure

Question 6

Which law is always at a constant temperature?

Answer 6

Boyle’s law

Question 7

Which law is always at a constant pressure?

Answer 7

Charles’s law

Question 8

If the pressure of a substance that is kept at a constant temperature increases, what happens to the volume?

Answer 8

Decreases

Question 9

If the temperature of a substance that is kept at a constant pressure increases, what happens to the volume?

Answer 9

Decreases

Question 10

What is the change in a state from a solid to a liquid?

Answer 10

Melting

Question 11

What is the change in a state from a liquid to a solid?

Answer 11

Freezing

Question 12

What is the change in a state from a liquid to a gas?

Answer 12

Vaporization

Question 13

What is a change in a state from a solid to a gas?

Answer 13

Sublimation

Question 14

What is a change in state from a gas to a liquid?

Answer 14

Condensation

Question 15

List the three things that each axis of a graph is labeled with.

Answer 15

Name of the variable, the unit of measurement, and the range of values.

Question 16

A solid that is made up of crystals in particles that are arranged in a regular repeating pattern

Answer 16

Crystalline solid

Question 17

A solid made up of particles that are not arranged in a regular pattern

Answer 17

Amorphous solid

Question 17

A liquid resistance to flow

Answer 17

Viscosity

Question 17

A substance that can easily flow

Answer 17

Fluid

Question 17

The result of an inward pull among the molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together.

Answer 17

Surface tension

Question 18

The temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid

Answer 18

Melting point

Question 18

The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas

Answer 18

Boiling point

Question 18

The process that occurs when vaporization takes place only on the surface of a liquid.

Answer 18

Evaporation

Question 19

The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted

Answer 19

Pressure

Question 20

A principle that describes the relationship between the temperature and volume of a gas at a constant pressure

Answer 20

Charles's law

Question 21

A principle that describes the relationship between the pressure and the volume of a gas at a constant temperature

Answer 21

Boyle's law

Question 22

A diagram that shows how two variables are related

Answer 22

Graph

Question 23

The (0,0) point on a line graph

Answer 23

Origin

Question 24

A term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose graph is a straight line passing through the origin

Answer 24

Directly proportional

Question 25

A term used to describe the relationship between two variables whose graph forms a curve that slopes downward.

Answer 25

Vary inversely

Question 26

Give three examples of crystalline solid

Answer 26

Salt, sugar, and snow

Question 27

What property explains why water forms droplets and supports the weigh of certain insects on its surface?

Answer 27

Surface tension

Question 28

Liquids with high viscosity flow at what speed?

Answer 28

Slowly

Question 29

Liquids with low viscosity flow at what speed?

Answer 29

Quickly

Question 30

Do gas particles fill all available space?

Answer 30

Yes

Question 31

What happens at a solid's melting point?

Answer 31

The particles are vibrating so fast that they break free from their fixed positions.

Question 32

When vaporization takes place throughout a liquid, what process is happening?

Answer 32

Boiling

Question 33

Name the two main forms of vaporization.

Answer 33

Boiling and evaporation

Question 34

When does condensation occur?

Answer 34

When particles in a gas lose enough thermal energy to form a liquid.

Question 35

When does sublimation occur?

Answer 35

When the surface particles of a solid gain enough energy to become a gas.

Question 36

What is the formula for pressure?

Answer 36

Force/Area

Question 37

What is the unit for pressure?

Answer 37

Pa

Question 38

The graph of Charles's law shows that the volume of a gas is what to its kelvin temperature?

Answer 38

Directly proportional