Name __________________________

States and Physical Changes of Matter

Choose the correct answer. If answer choices are not given, write in your answer.

1. Gases take both the volume and the shape of their container.

1. True        
2. False

2. The state in which matter takes on the shape but not the volume of its container is _________.

1. gas
2. liquid
3. solid
4. plasma

3. The state of matter is an example of a(n) _________________ property of matter.

4. The only state in which matter has a fixed shape is ___________.

1. gas
2. liquid
3. solid
4. plasma

5. In which state(s) of matter does water naturally occur on Earth?

1. gas
2. liquid
3. liquid, solid
4. gas, liquid, solid

6. When matter changes state, it doesn’t become a different kind of substance.

1. True
2. False

7. The only state of matter that is uncommon on Earth is _____.

1. gas
2. liquid
3. solid
4. plasma

8. Changes in size and shape are examples of __________________ changes in matter.

9. Some physical changes involve a chemical reaction.

1. True
2. False

10. Physical changes include changes in the state of matter.

1. True
2. False

11. All of the following processes cause physical changes in matter except

1. melting
2. freezing
3. burning
4. boiling

12. Physical changes can be brought about by

1. cutting
2. bending
3. dissolving
4. all of the above

13. A physical change can result in an entirely different substance.

1. True
2. False