Matter and the Periodic Table

Which form of matter does not take the shape of its container?

• liquid

• gas

• solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

How is a gas defined?

• Indefinite shape, indefinite volume

• Definite shape, definite volume

• Definite volume, indefinite shape

Particles of a liquid

• are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.
• have no viscosity.
• decrease in volume with increasing temperature.
• are free to move around one another but still touch.

Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When a gas changes directly to a solid, the process is known as what?

• Sublimation
• Condensation
• Deposition
• Evaporation

Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.

• True
• False
  liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Define a liquid.

• Indefinite shape, indefinite volume

• Definite shape, definite volume

• Definite volume, indefinite shape

The smallest particles having the same properties of an element is a (an)

• molecules
• ions and charged electrons
• atoms
• elements

Elements _____

• cannot be categorized with with other substances

• cannot be combined with other substances

• cannot be broken down into simpler substances

• cannot be separated from other substances