Welcome to your B8 Practice Questions 1.2 – States of matter II

1. 
What is matter?

2. 

Solid, liquid and gas are the three of matter.

3. 
Changing the temperature and/or pressure can change the state in which a substance exists.

4. 

A gas or a liquid is called a because it is able to flow.

5. 
Which state of matter has no fixed volume and expands to fill its container?

6. 

A solid has a definite shape and a fixed .

7. 
A liquid has a definite shape.

8. 

The density of a gas is .

9. 
Which state of matter is easily compressed (squashed)?

10. 

When the temperature is increased, the volume of solids, liquids and gases increases. This is called an .

11. 
The effect of temperature on volume is much bigger for a solid than for a gas.

12. 

When the temperature is lowered, the volume decreases. This is called a .

13. 
You can pour water from a bottle into a glass. Why is this possible?

14. 

All samples of matter occupy space and have .

15. 
The volume of a solid is unaffected by changing the pressure.

16. 

Liquids are only compressible.