States of Matter

What is matter?

• Anything that has mass and volume
• The shape of an object
• How much an object weighs
• The pull of objects on one another

Which state of matter has a definite shape?

• Gas
• Solid
• Liquid
• Plasma

At higher temperatures

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

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Freezing

• Solid to gas
• Liquid to solid
• Gas to solid
• Liquid to gas

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Which state of matter has tightly packed molecules?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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Which state of matter has a definite shape?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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Particles (molecules) in a ______________________ have more energy than the other states of matter.

• gas
• solid
• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Boiling

• liquid to gas

• gas to solid

• gas to liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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What is happening when my ice cream changes from a solid to a liquid?

• freezing

• melting

• burning

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Particles in a ______________________ move quickly and are far apart.

• gas

• solid

• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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