SCIENCE 8 – STATES OF MATTER WORKSHEET
NAME:
Vocabulary
Contracts
Kinetic molecular theory
Move around quickly
State of matter
Expands
Mass
Slide past each other
Vibrate
Faster
Matter
Slower
Volume
Use your notes from pages 1 – 2 and the terms in the vocabulary box to fill in the blanks for the
following nine questions. You will not need to use every term.
1) is the amount of matter that makes up something.
2) is the amount of space that a material takes up.
3) Anything that has mass and volume is called .
4) When you add energy to matter, the particles move and the matter
.
5) Particles in a solid are packed so close together they can only .
6) Particles in a liquid can .
7) Particles in a gas can .
8) When you remove energy from particles they move and the matter
.
9) The explains how particles act
when their spacing and movement change.
10) Match each Term on the left with the best Descriptor on the right. Each Descriptor may be used
only once
Term
Descriptor
Mass
A.
Anything that has mass and volume
Solid
B.
Amount of space an object takes up
Gas
C.
Amount of matter in an object
Matter
Liquid
Volume
D.
E.
F.
