Classifying the Known Universe schmied©2009 all rights reserved Use the diagram above to help you answer these questions.
States and Properties of Matter Diagram
Answer all questions in complete, quality, & correct sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Tell the five different states that matter can be found in the Known Universe
Energy and the State that matter exists in are very closely related. For example, water vapor has high energy, while ice has lower energy. But both are the same substance, water, or H2O!
So the main difference between the State that matter is in is the amount of energy that the matter possesses!
2. Matter, like Helium or Iron or Calcium, can be found in any of the five states mentioned in #1. above. Explain which state that matter can be found in that would have the most energy, AND which state would matter be found in that the matter would have the least energy.
3. Explain what a person would need to do to a gas to make it change its state to a liquid and then do to change the liquid into a solid.
4. The word particles is used a lot in the descriptions of the states that matter can be in. Tell what this word means when used on this diagram.
5. Explain in which state of matter are the particles furthest apart And tell why.
6. Which state(s) does matter has a definite shape, fills its container, and is very hard to compress.
7. Tell which state(s) does matter have atomic/molecular particles far apart but compresses and expands easily?
8. Use your diagram to tell three differences between Liquids and Solids.
The letters V, R, and T are used to describe the movement atoms and molecules can make. These movements have a Direct Relationship to the amount of energy the matter possesses. The movements atoms and molecules make are: V=vibrating (moving back and forth in place), R= rotating (spinning in place), T= Translating (jumping from spot to spot.)
9. Tell which state of matter's atoms or molecules have virtually no V, R, T movement, AND which state of matter's atoms or molecules are in a rigid structure and rarely rotate & never translate.
10. Explain which state of matter that atoms or molecules have V, R, T movement, are in random order, but is hard to compress.
Energy comes in many forms, for example thermal, electromagnetic, nuclear, solar, hydro, etc. No matter which form the energy is in it can be in one of two general categories.
a. Kinetic energy = energy in motion, like water flowing over a dam.b. Potential energy = stored energy, like water trapped behind a dam.
Use this information to answer the following questions.
11. What general category of energy do the following items possess?
A. a wound up rubber band D. a slingshot firing a stoneB. a rubber ball bouncing E. steam coming out of a kettle
C. a stone on the edge of a cliff F. an icicle hanging on your gutter
12. Use the information given in the diagram to explain why it is harder for a person to run in water then run in air.
13. You have a 2 liter bottle almost full of water in a plastic ziplock bag. First you mass the entire system, then put this system in your freezer overnight.
a. Tell what state will the water be in the next morning? Why?b. Suppose you mass the bottle/water system again.
Will its total mass change? Tell why or why not.
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