Worksheet: Changes in the Phases of Matter Part 1

Name: ____________________________ Date: ________________

I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the statements carefully. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. When you put a bottle of soda in the freezer and forget about it, what phase change is most likely to
occur?
a. Freezing
b. Melting
c. Boiling
d. Sublimation
2. How does a refrigerator keep your food cold?
a. By melting the food
b. By evaporating the food
c. By condensing the air inside
d. By sublimating the air inside
3. What process allows you to cook food using boiling water?
a. Freezing
b. Condensation
c. Sublimation
d. Boiling
4. What phase change occurs when you blow up a balloon and then release the air?
a. Melting
b. Condensation
c. Freezing
d. Expansion
5. How do air conditioners cool a room?
a. By heating the air
b. By increasing the humidity
c. By removing heat and moisture
d. By changing the air pressure

II. True or False

Direction: Write True if the statement is correct and False if the statement is incorrect.
1. Boiling and evaporation are two different processes of vaporization.
2. A phase change occurs when there is a change in chemical composition.
3. The melting point of a substance is the temperature at which it changes from a gas to a liquid.
4. The freezing point of a substance is the temperature at which it changes from a liquid to a gas.
5. The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which its vapor pressure equals the atmospheric
pressure.

III. Reflection
Answer the following questions.
1. What did you find most interesting about phase changes in matter?
2. How can you apply what you learned about phase changes in the matter in your daily life?
 Worksheet: Changes in the Phases of Matter Part 2

Name: ____________________________ Date: ________________

I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the statements carefully. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. What is the state of matter that has a fixed b. Heat of vaporization

volume but no fixed shape? c. Heat of condensation
a. Solid d. Heat of sublimation
b. Liquid 9. What is the amount of energy required to melt
c. Gas one gram of a solid at its melting point called?
d. Plasma a. Heat of fusion
2. What is the force that holds the molecules of a b. Heat of vaporization
liquid together at the surface called? c. Heat of condensation
a. Adhesion d. Heat of sublimation
b. Cohesion 10. Which state of matter has a definite shape and
c. Viscosity volume?
d. Surface tension a. Solid
3. What is the process by which a liquid turns into b. Liquid
a gas? c. Gas
a. Evaporation d. Plasma
b. Condensation 11. How does surface tension affect the shape of a
c. Sublimation droplet of water?
d. Fusion a. It causes the droplet to spread out.
4. What is the pressure exerted by a vapor in b. It causes the droplet to become a
equilibrium with its solid or liquid phase at a perfect sphere.
given temperature called? c. It has no effect on the shape of the
a. Evaporation pressure droplet.
b. Vapor tension d. It causes the droplet to evaporate.
c. Vapor pressure 12. Which of the following has the highest
d. Saturation pressure viscosity?
5. At what temperature does water boil at a. Water
standard atmospheric pressure? b. Honey
a. 0°C c. Milk
b. 100°C d. Olive oil
c. 273°C 13. What is the process by which a gas turns into a
d. 373°C solid?
6. What is the amount of energy required to a. Evaporation
convert one gram of a liquid into a gas at its b. Condensation
boiling point called? c. Sublimation
a. Heat of fusion d. Fusion
b. Heat of vaporization 14. What is the temperature at which a solid turns
c. Heat of condensation into a liquid called?
d. Heat of sublimation a. Boiling point
7. What is the process by which a gas turns into a b. Freezing point
liquid? c. Melting point
a. Evaporation d. Sublimation point
b. Condensation 15. Which of the following has the highest vapor
c. Sublimation pressure?
d. Fusion a. A liquid with a high boiling point
8. What is the amount of energy required to b. A liquid with a low boiling point
convert one gram of a solid into a liquid at its c. A solid
melting point called? d. A gas
a. Heat of fusion

II. Essay

1) How does understanding the principles of surface tension and viscosity impact everyday life? Provide
examples.
2) In what ways can knowledge of vapor pressure affect the use and storage of household chemicals and fuels?