Island School Chemistry ANSWERS 1c

States of Matter

Aim: 1.1 understand the arrangement, movement and energy of the particles in each of the
three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas
1.2 understand how the interconversion of solids, liquids and gases are achieved and recall the
names used for these interconversions

Questions:
1. Complete the following table to summarise the properties of solids, liquids and gases
(some has been done for you)

State Solid Liquid Gas

Arrangement  Very close together  Close together  .Far apart

 Regular arrangement  Random arrangement  Random arrangement

Motion  Vibrate about a fixed  Slip and slide over each  Move quickly in all
position other directions

Properties  Definite shape  Take shape of the  Spread out to fill

(shape, volume & container available volume
compressibility)
 Definite volume  Volume depends on the
 Definite volume container

 Not compressible  Not compressible  Compressible

Model of
particles

2. Which of the 3 states of matter has the most energy? ......................gas............... (1)

3. Solids, liquids and gases can be interconverted by either heating or cooling. Complete
the following diagram by adding the appropriate name for the interconversion on the
appropriate arrows. (4)

Melting evaporating/boiling

Solid liquid gas

Freezing condensing

4. What is the difference between evaporation and boiling? .......evaporation can occur at
any temperature but boiling only occurs at one temperature when all the molecules
have sufficient energy to escape........ (2)