States of Matter Intro

What are the three main states of matter?

• solid, liquid, gas

• plasma, energy, matter

• liquid, fluid, vapor

What state of matter has atoms packed close together, does not have definite shape, but does have definite mass and volume?

• liquid

• solid

• gas

What state of matter does not have definite shape or volume, has atoms that are spaced farther apart, and will spread to fill a container?

• gas

• liquid

• solid

What state of matter has definite mass, and volume, atoms that are packed closely together, and holds its shape?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Which state of matter has the most energy?

• gas

• liquid

• solid

Which state of matter has the least energy?

• gas

• liquid

• solid

At higher temperatures

• particles in an object have less energy
• particles in an object move faster
• a gas contracts

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A gas

• has a definite shape but no definite volume
• has a definite volume but no definite shape
• has fast-moving particles

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Which state of matter has a definite shape?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

The state of matter that has no definite size or shape is

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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