States of Matter

A cold can of soda is sitting in the heat. When you drink it, it is warm. What happened to make the drink warm?

• The can made the soda warm.

• The can created new molecules in the drink.

• Heat energy from the sun warmed the soda through radiation.

• Ice melted.

When metal gets very very hot, it can....

• melt and become a liquid

• melt and become a solid

• freeze and become ice

• melt and become a gas

Which of the following will take the shape of the container they are in?

• solids and gases only

• solids, liquids and gases

• liquids and gases only

• only gases

When ice melts it changes from a solid to a....

• gas

• liquid

• solid

• glass of tea

Which experiment can prove that air has space?

• observing a tree leaf

• watching ice melt

• filling a balloon

• using a scale to measure the weight of an ice cube

What happens in a solid when heat is added?

• molecules move slower

• molecules stop moving

• molecules get smaller and move apart

• molecules move faster and move apart

On a hot day you pour a glass of warm lemonade. You add ice. What will happen next?

• The lemonade will freeze.

• Heat energy will transfer from the ice to the lemonade and the lemonade will get cold.

• No change will happen.

• Heat energy transfers from the lemonade to the ice and the ice will melt.

How do the molecules in a gas move when compared to the molecules in a solid?

• molecules in a gas move in a circle around the molecules in a solid.

• molecules in a gas do not move and the molecules in a solid move fast.

• molecules in gas move faster than the molecules in a solid.

• molecules in gas move slower that the molecules in a solid.

The water inside a teapot is boiling. As the water boils, it seems to disappear. What is happening to the water?

• Heat energy is changing liquid water into a gas.

• Heat energy is changing liquid water into a solid.

• Heat energy is destroying liquid water.

• Heat energy is changing liquid water into a clear liquid.