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level: States of matter

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level questions: States of matter

Question	Answer
What are the three states of matter?	Solid, liquid and gas
What are all materials made up of?	Tiny particles
What determines if a material is solid, liquid or gas?	How strongly the particles stick together
What three things determine how well the particles in a certain material stick together?	Pressure, temperature, and material
Solids, liquids and gases all have different..?	Properties
What is the definition of the word property in terms of describing the three states of matter?	How they behave
What are the 5 main properties?	Shape, density, volume, ability to flow, and compression
What is the property of a solid in terms of volume?	Definite
What is the property of a liquid in terms of volume?	Definite
What is the property of a gas in terms of volume?	Indefinite, will match the shape of their container
What is the property of a solid in terms of density?	High density
What is the property of a liquid in terms of density?	Medium density
What is the property of a gas in terms of density?	Low density
What is the property of a solid in terms of shape?	Definite
What is the property of a liquid in terms of shape?	Indefinite, will match the shape of their container
What is the property of a gas in terms of shape?	Indefinite, will match the shape of their container
What is the property of a solid in terms of ability to flow?	Will not flow
What is the property of a liquid in terms of ability to flow?	Will flow easily
What is the property of a gas in terms of ability to flow?	Will flow easily
What is the property of a solid in terms of compressibility?	Not easily compressed
What is the property of a liquid in terms of compressibility?	Not easily compressed
What is the property of a gas in terms of compressibility?	Easily compressed