Name ______________________________

Phases of Matter Webquest Worksheet

Directions: Using your iPAD complete a webquest to answer the questions on the following
worksheet. Really explore the websites; it has valuable information that may come up on a
future test.

Part I – use the following link http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html

1. List the five phases of matter: (Remember for the MCAS you only need 3)

_________,
solid __________,
liquid ___________,
gas ____________,
plasma ____________
condensates

2. Place the four main phases of matter on the diagram below as you saw on the
website.

plasma

gas

liquid

solid

3. If a substance changes form one phase to another, is it still the same

substance? What causes the phases change?
When molecules move from one phase to another they are still the same substance.

Scroll up and click on the SOLID link on the right hand side.

4. One of the main characteristics of a solid is that they ___________________

the particles are pulled together

____________________________________________________.
and mashed up.

5. Are the atoms in a solid allowed to move around much? YES NO

6. In the box below, draw what the atoms in a solid

look like.
Scroll back up and click on the LIQUID link on the right hand side
the container its in
7. One characteristic of a liquid is that it fills ___________________________

_____________________________________________.

8. Atoms in a liquid have _________

extra energy than atoms in a solid, so the easiest

way to change a solid to a liquid is to add _________.

cold temperatureWhen changing from a

solid to a liquid, there is a magic temperature for every substance called the

________________________________________.
cohesive

9. To change a gas to a liquid, you will need to lower _____________________.

temperature

The ______________________________________
cold is the temperature when

the gas becomes a liquid.

10. Sometimes a liquid can be sitting there and its molecules will become a gas.

That’s called ___________________________________________.

evaporation

Scroll back up and click on the GAS link on the right hand side.

11. Gases are really _____________________

spread out and the atoms and molecules are

energy
full of _______________________, bouncing around constantly.

12. One of the physical characteristics is that a gas can ____________________

full

__________________________________________.
any container of any size

In the space at the bottom of this page draw an ice cube going through a phase
change of (solid to liquid to gas.) Why does this occur?
Part II – use the following link
http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/mechanics/energy/heatAndTempera
ture/changesOfPhase/changeOfState.html

1. What does the phrase “change of phase” also mean?

______________________________________________________________
when a substance change from one state. another we say that it has undergone a change of state.

______________________________________________________________

2. How does heat cause a change of phase within a material?

______________________________________________________________
Heat, which is energy, either comes into the material during a change of phase or heat comes out of the
material during this change.
______________________________________________________________

3. Where does heat go when a solid goes to a liquid during the melting process?

______________________________________________________________
energy is subtracted as the molecules bond to one another.

______________________________________________________________

4. Where does the heat go when a liquid turns to a solid? What is this called?

Heat leaves the liquid as it freezes. freezing

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

5. Where does the heat go when a liquid turns to a gas? What is this called?

______________________________________________________________
the heat goes into the liquid as it evaporate.

______________________________________________________________

6. Where does the heat go when a gas turns to a liquid? What is this called?

______________________________________________________________
the heat leaves the gas

______________________________________________________________
7. What is the temperature change during each phase change?

______________________________________________________________
During a change in state the heat energy is used to change the bonding between the molecules.

______________________________________________________________

In the space below define the following terms:

Temperature – the degree of heat present in a substance

Heat Energy – its the result of moving atoms

Melting – become liquefied by heat

Freezing – the process which substance change from liquid to solid

Evaporation –  the process in which substance change from liquid to gas

Condensation – water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

Sublimation - a chemical process were solid turns into gas with out going through a liquid stage
process.
Part III – Use the following link
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html

1. Particles in a:

gas are well _________________

spread with ________regular
no arrangement.

liquid are __________________________

close together with _______
no regular arrangement.

solid are ______________________________,

tightly packed usually in a regular pattern.

2. Particles in a:

gas ________________
vibrates and move ______________
freely at high speeds.

liquid _______________,
vibrates move about, and ____________________________
slide pass each other

solid __________________(jiggle)
vibrates but generally do not __________________
move from

__________________________________
place to place

3. ____________
liquid and ____________
solid are often referred to as condensed

phases because the particles are ________________________________.

very close together

4. Use the chart to identify the state of matter described by the following. Many of
these have more than one answer! (Use S, L or G in the spaces.)

____s not easily compressible

____
s rigid – particles locked into place
____
g flows easily
____ compressible
s

____g lots of free space between particles

____
s does not flow easily
____
l assumes the shape of the part of the container which it occupies
____ particles can move past one another
g

____
s retains a fixed volume and shape
____
l assumes the shape and volume of its container
____
s little free space between particles