ATI Science- Water & States of Matter

Question 1

Which of the following describes why water has a concave, or downward-curving meniscus when poured in a glass beaker

Answer 1

the adhesive forces with the glass are greater than the cohesive forces

Question 2

change from solid to a gas, without passing through the liquid state

Answer 2

sublimation

Question 3

change of state from a gas to a solid.

Answer 3

deposition

Question 4

change of state from a liquid to a gas

Answer 4

evaporation

Question 5

change of state from a gas to a liquid

Answer 5

condensation

Question 6

Property of water that explains its solvent abilities for certain
substances

Answer 6

Polarity of water molecules

Question 7

term used for a substance held at
temperature and pressure where the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of a substance exist simultaneously

Answer 7

triple point

Question 8

the temperature and pressure at which the distinction between liquid and gas can no longer be made.

Answer 8

critical point

Question 9

What happens to particles when a solid turns into a liquid?

Answer 9

Particles become less ordered

Question 10

Properties of water

Answer 10

cohesiveness, adhesiveness, high specific heat, high latent heat, high heat of vaporization, high polarity and hydrogen bonding

Question 11

attraction between two molecules of a different substance

Answer 11

adhesion

Question 12

attraction between two molecules of the same substance

Answer 12

cohesion

Question 13

when water adhere to another substance, the substance is ____

Answer 13

hydrophilic

Question 14

any substance that has mass and takes up space is ____

Answer 14

matter

Question 15

3 states of matter

Answer 15

solid, liquid, gas

Question 16

a measure of the amount of substance in an object

Answer 16

mass

Question 17

measure of gravitational pull of Earth on an object

Answer 17

weight

Question 18

a measure of the amount of space occupied

Answer 18

volume

Question 19

a measure of the amount of mass per unit volume

Answer 19

density

Question 20

Density formula

Answer 20

D= M/V

Question 21

Volume formula

Answer 21

L x W x H

Question 22

There are 3 insects that are being compared under a microscope. As a scientist, you decide measuring them would be an important part of recording their data. Which unit of measurement would be best for this situation?

Answer 22

Micrometers

Question 23

Liquids have no definite _____, but have definite _______

Answer 23

no shape, has volume

Question 24

The process of changing a liquid to a gas

Answer 24

vaporization

Question 25

Solids with a fixed shape have what type of order?

Answer 25

crystalline order