Changing States of Matter

Changing States of Matter

Multiple Choice

Celina walks outside one morning and notices that her mother’s car is covered with ice. What change has water gone through to become ice?

• boiling

• freeezing

• melting

• evaporation

Multiple Choice

Parker's mom brought a glass of cold water outside. After a few minutes, drops began to form on the outside of the glass. Which process does the water on the outside of the glass demonstrate?

• boiling

• freezing

• condensation

• evaporation

Multiple Choice

Water can change forms from solid to liquid to gas.

When water changes from liquid to gas, what is this called?

• melting

• freezing

• evaporation

• condensation

Multiple Choice

Nathan builds a snow person. As the sun comes out, he notices the snow person begins to get smaller and a puddle of water forms on the ground under the snow person. What type of change is taking place?

• liquid melting to become gas

• liquid freezing to become solid

• solid freezing to become liquid

• solid melting to become liquid

Multiple Choice

Cecilia placed a pot of water on a stove for 15 minutes. She observed that the water began to bubble and that the water level dropped. Which explanation below describes what is happening to the water?

• The water is cooling.

• The water is freezing.

• The water is boiling and is evaporating.

• The water is melting and is disappearing.

Multiple Choice

Kylie had an empty beaker. She quickly put a balloon over the top of the beaker and placed the beaker on a hot plate. Kylie illustrated her results.

Which of the following shown by the investigation?

• Heating the gas inside the beaker inflated the balloon.

• Heating the gas inside the beaker made the balloon shrink.

• Heating the gas inside the beaker added water to the balloon.

• Heating the gas inside the beaker causes no change to the balloon.

Multiple Choice

The three states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas.

How is a solid different from a liquid?

• A solid has a definite shape. A liquid takes the shape of its container.

• A solid takes the shape of its container. A liquid has a definite shape.

• A solid has a definite volume. A liquid does not have a definite volume.

• A solid does not have a definite volume. A liquid has a definite volume.

Multiple Choice

You want to observe a change in state. What could you do to change liquid water to water vapor?

Multiple Choice

Freezing and melting are opposite processes. Which process is the opposite of condensing?

• cooling

• evaporating

• freezing

• melting

Multiple Choice

Jocelyn wanted to learn how water changes state. Her investigation is shown in the picture.

• It will melt.

• It will freeze.

• It will condense.

• It will evaporate.