C1: Particles and Changing State Flashcards
Can you compress a solid?
No
Does a solid have a ‘fixed shape’?
YES
Can you see the particles that make up materials?
No - they are too small to see.
Can you compress a gas?
Yes - because its particles are far apart
What is meant by the properties of a material?
The features of the material e.g. is it strong
Identify the 3 states of matter.
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Does a liquid have a fixed shape?
No - liquids can take the shape of the container that they are poured into.
Does a liquid flow? (can it be poured?)
Yes- because its particles can roll around each other.
Describe the particles in a solid.
Neatly arranged
Vibrating
All touching
What is a mixture?
A mixture is something that is made from lots of different types of particles e.g. air is a mixture of different particles.
Which state is shown below?

Liquid

Which state is shown below?

Gas

Does a gas have a fixed shape?
No - they can take the shape of the container that they are in e.g. a balloon
What is matter?
The ‘stuff’ that everything is made from.
We say that all materials are made from tiny pieces called…
……particles
Describe the particles in a liquid.
Not an orderly arrangement
Moving around one another
Mostly touching
Which state is shown below?

Solid

Describe the particles in a gas.
Randomly arranged
Moving around
Not touching
Can you compress a liquid?
No - its particles are too close together.
What is meant by a state?
Whether something is a solid, liquid or gas.
Melting and freezing are both examples of…
changes of state
You are given 3 unknown solids.
Describe how you could identify the substances by using their melting points.
Heat each substance until they melt and record their melting points.
Look up the melting points of different solids on the internet.
Compare your melting point to the ones from the internet to identify the substance.
When a substance changes from a liquid to a solid we call it…
……freezing
When a substance changes from a solid to a liquid we call it…
……melting