S1 Matter

Question 1

What are the 3 states of matter?

Answer 1

Solid
Liquid
Gas

Question 2

What are some properties of solids?

Answer 2

Solids keep their shape and always take up the same amount of space.

Question 3

What are some properties of liquids?

Answer 3

They can flow
They take the shape of their container
They have a fixed volume

Question 4

What are some properties of gases?

Answer 4

They change shape and volume to fill whatever container they are in.

Question 5

What is the name for when a solid turns into a liquid?

Answer 5

Melting

Question 6

What is it called when a liquid turns into a solid?

Answer 6

Freezing

Question 7

What is it called when a liquid turns into a gas?

Answer 7

Evaporation

Question 8

What is it called when a gas turns into a liquid?

Answer 8

Condensation

Question 9

What temperature does water turn into ice?

Answer 9

0 degrees celcius

Question 10

What temperature does water turn into steam?

Answer 10

100 degrees celcius

Question 11

What happens to a solid when it is heated?

Answer 11

It expands.

Question 12

What happens to the particles in a solid when it expands

Answer 12

The particles stay the same size, but they move further apart from each other.

Question 13

What happens when an object cools down?

Answer 13

It contracts.

Question 14

What happens to the particles in a solid when it contracts?

Answer 14

The particles stay the same size, but they move closer to each other.

Question 15

What is compression?

Answer 15

Compression is when the particles of a substance are forced together into a smaller space.

Question 16

Which state(s) of matter can be compressed?

Answer 16

Gases

Question 17

Which states of matter cannot be compressed?

Answer 17

Liquids and solids

Question 18

What is diffusion?

Answer 18

Diffusion is the movement of particles from one place to another.

Question 19

Which state(s) of matter can diffusion occur in?

Answer 19

Liquids and gases.

Question 20

What is the name for the solid being dissolved?

Answer 20

Solute

Question 21

What is the name for a solid which can dissolve?

Answer 21

Soluble

Question 22

What is the name for a solid which can’t dissolve?

Answer 22

Insoluble

Question 23

What is the name for the liquid in which something dissolves?

Answer 23

Solvent

Question 24

What is the name for the mixture of solute + solvent?

Answer 24

Solution

Question 25

Which gas burns with a squeaky pop?

Answer 25

Hydrogen

Question 26

Which gas relights a glowing splint?

Answer 26

Oxygen

Question 27

Which gas turns limewater cloudy?

Answer 27

Carbon dioxide