ID: A

Chapter 6 Lesson 1 & 2 States of Matter- TESTPREP

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Modified True/False True = A and False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

= B on the scantron or by remote.

1. Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of a substance.

2. Matter is made up of motionless particles.
3. Gas stoves and electric stoves cause heat to flow into foods.

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Figure 4
4. Figure 4 shows some matter in a beaker. Which statement best expresses how you know the matter is a solid?
a. The matter has volume.
b. The matter takes up space.
c. The matter has a shape.
d. The matter did not take the shape of the container.

ID: A

Figure 1
5. Figure 1 above shows data about the melting points of some metal elements. Which element listed has the
highest melting point?
a. sodium
c. cesium
b. francium
d. lithium
6. Figure 1 above shows data about the melting points of some metal elements. In which two metals listed is the
molecular motion between the particles within each substance most similar?
a. francium and potassium
c. potassium and cesium
b. cesium and francium
d. rubidium and francium
7. The temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas is the
point.
a. melting
c. condensation
b. boiling
d. freezing
8. Which of the following changes in state of an element occur at the same temperature?
a. boiling point and freezing point
b. melting point and freezing point
c. freezing point and condensation point
d. condensation point and melting point

Figure 7
9. Figure 7 shows the particles of a substance. Which of the following processes could be occurring?
a. deposition or freezing
c. freezing or sublimation
b. sublimation or deposition
d. evaporation or condensation

ID: A
10. The freezing point of a substance is
a. equal to
b. greater than

the melting point of the same substance.

c. unrelated to
d. less than

11. The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance is the
a. temperature
c. thermal energy
b. heat
d. kinetic energy

12. In which state of matter do particles have no fixed shape and no fixed volume?
a. gas
c. atomic
b. liquid
d. solid
13. Which state of matter has the greatest amount of motion in its particles?
a. Solid
c. Atomic matter
b. Gas
d. Liquid
14. Adding air to a balloon will cause the balloon to inflate. Which of the following would cause the inflated
balloon to become larger?
a. warming the balloon
c. squeezing the balloon
b. popping the balloon
d. cooling the balloon
15. In which state of matter are the particles very close together with strong attractive forces holding them
together so they can only vibrate in place?
a. plasma
c. gas
b. liquid
d. solid
16. Which of the following will occur as the speed of the molecules in a substance increases?
a. The substance will begin to take up less space.
b. The force of attraction between the molecules will decrease.
c. The force of attraction that draws objects to Earth will increase.
d. The substance will become cooler.
17. A liquids characteristics would include which of the following
a. fixed particles with a fixed volume
c. particles that vibrate in place
b. particles that are broken apart from each d. particles that are close, but can freely
other
slide past one another

ID: A

Figure 5
18. Figure 5 shows how the temperature of a substance changed as it was heated. Suppose that the substance was
a liquid during the time represented by segment A. Which process was probably occurring during the time
represented by segment B?
a. warming
c. condensation
b. vaporization
d. cooling
19. Figure 5 shows how the temperature of a substance changed as it was heated. Which segment of the graph
indicates that the substance was undergoing a change of state?
a. C
c. B
b. D
d. A

Figure 2
20. Refer to Figure 2. In which of the following beakers of water is the average kinetic energy of the water
molecules greatest?
a. C
c. A
b. B
d. D
21. The states of matter change from one state to another depending on what?
a. Molecular motion
c. Chemical reactions
b. Atomic force
d. Color of the substance

ID: A
22. In which state of matter do particles have no fixed shape but do have fixed volume?
a. solid
c. gas
b. liquid
d. plasma
23. As a substance changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas, what happens to the motion of the particles (atoms
and molecules) in the substance?
a. the particle motion speeds up, then slows c. The particle motion stays the same.
down.
b. The particle motion slows down.
d. The particle motion speeds up.
24. Kinetic energy is the energy of
a. heat
b. motion
25. Matter may be found in the plasma state in
a. rivers
b. rocks

.
c.
d.

temperature
state

.
c.
d.

livers
lightning and stars

Figure 9
26. Figure 9 above shows how the temperature of a substance changed over time. Which segment of the graph
line shows a period of cooling?
a. B only
c. B and D
b. A and C
d. A only
27. Figure 9 shows how the temperature of a substance changed over time. Which segment represents a period of
time when the substance was changing from a one state of matter to another?
a. B and D
c. A
b. B
d. C
28. What type of energy is the energy of motion?
a. thermal
c.
b. heat
d.

kinetic
state of matter

29. Which state of matter has the least amount of motion in its particles?
a. Plasma
c. Solid
b. Gas
d. Liquid

ID: A
30. In which state of matter do particles have a fixed shape and a fixed volume?
a. solid
c. plasma
b. liquid
d. gas