States Of Matter

Question 1

What are the three common states of matter?

Answer 1

Solid, liquid, gas

Question 2

In which state of matter do particles have the least amount of energy?

Answer 2

Solid

Question 3

Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

Answer 3

Solid

Question 4

What happens to the shape of a liquid when it is poured into a new container?

Answer 4

It takes the shape of the new container

Question 5

What is the term for the change from a solid to a liquid?

Answer 5

Melting

Question 6

What is the term for the change from a liquid to a gas?

Answer 6

Evaporation

Question 7

What is the term for the change from a gas to a liquid?

Answer 7

Condensation

Question 8

What is the process of a liquid turning into a gas at the surface called?

Answer 8

Boiling

Question 9

What is the term for the change from a solid directly to a gas?

Answer 9

Sublimation

Question 10

What is the term for the change from a gas directly to a solid?

Answer 10

Deposition

Question 11

What is the term for the energy required to change a substance from a solid to a liquid at its melting point?

Answer 11

Heat of fusion

Question 12

What is the term for the energy required to change a substance from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point?

Answer 12

Heat of vaporization

Question 13

What is the term for the physical property that describes the resistance of a liquid to flow?

Answer 13

Viscosity

Question 14

What is the term for the physical property that describes the tendency of a liquid to take the shape of its container?

Answer 14

Fluidity

Question 15

What is the term for the physical property that describes the tendency of a substance to be attracted to a surface?

Answer 15

Adhesion

Question 16

What is the term for the physical property that describes the tendency of a substance to stick to itself?

Answer 16

Cohesion

Question 17

What is the term for the force that acts on the surface of a liquid and tends to minimize the surface area?

Answer 17

Surface tension

Question 18

What is the term for the force that opposes the motion of one object moving through another?

Answer 18

Friction

Question 19

What is the term for the process by which a gas changes to a liquid?

Answer 19

Condensation

Question 20

What is the term for the process by which a liquid changes to a solid?

Answer 20

Freezing

Question 21

What is the term for the process by which a solid changes directly to a gas without first becoming a liquid?

Answer 21

Sublimation

Question 22

What is the term for the process by which a gas changes directly to a solid without first becoming a liquid?

Answer 22

Deposition

Question 23

What is the term for the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?

Answer 23

Temperature

Question 24

What is the term for the measure of the total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in a substance?

Answer 24

Internal energy

Question 25

What is the term for the force of attraction between particles in a substance?

Answer 25

Intermolecular forces

Question 26

What is the term for the physical property that describes the amount of matter in a given volume?

Answer 26

Density

Question 27

What is the term for the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to conduct heat?

Answer 27

Thermal conductivity

Question 28

What is the term for the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to conduct electricity?

Answer 28

Electrical conductivity

Question 29

What is the term for the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to be stretched into a wire?

Answer 29

Malleability

Question 30

What is the term for the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to be hammered into thin sheets?

Answer 30

Ductility

Question 31

What is the term for the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to be drawn into a wire?

Answer 31

Malleability