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Properties of Matter

States of Matter

Question: What state of matter has an indefinite shape but definite volume?
Answer: liquid

Question: What state of matter has the most random arrangement of particles?
Answer: gas

Question: Particles in a solid _______________ in place.
Answer: vibrate

Question: The state of matter that has a definite shape and volume?
Answer: solid

Question: Plasma has the same properties as a gas except that it can have ________________ pass through it.
Answer: electicity

Solid

Question: What are the names given to the two types of structures for a solid?
Answer: Amorphous and Crystalline

Question: Aluminum in an airplane would have what type of structure?
Answer: Crystalline

Question: What type of solid structure would a rubber tire have?
Answer: amorphous

Question: The amorphous structure looks like this state of matter ____________, except particles are not moving but are vibrating in place.
Answer: liquid

Question: Wax is an example of which solid structure?
Answer: amorphous

Liquid

Question: ______________ is the resistance of a liquid to flow.
Answer: viscosity

Question: The units used to measure liquids?
Answer: milliliters or mL

Question: The curve at a liquid's surface is called?
Answer: meniscus

Question: Liquids take the shape of their container, therefore a liquid is considered a _______________.
Answer: fluid

Question: Liquids have particles that ______________ past one another.
Answer: slide

Gas

Question: Gases have indefinite shape and ______________ volume.
Answer: indefinite

Question: The particles in a gas have slow, medium, or fast motion?
Answer: fast

Question: A gas is ____________ to compress.
Answer: easy

Question: True or False: Because gases take the shape of their container, they are a fluid as well as liquids.
Answer: true

Question: What type of change occurs when substances are mixed together and a gas is produced such as bubbling?
Answer: chemical change

Change of State

Question: What change of state is water turning to ice?
Answer: freezing

Question: Condensation is the change from ________________ to ___________________.
Answer: gas to liquid

Question: Observing dry ice turning directly to a gas is an example of ________________.
Answer: sublimation

Question: Vaporization has two parts and can also be called: ________________ and ____________________.
Answer: Evaporation and boiling

Question: Freezing is an endothermic or exothermic change?
Answer: exothermic