Friends Boys School

Science Department
9th grade (MYP-4)

Nature of matter

Worksheet (1)

Name: ___________________
Choose the correct answer for each of the following:
1. The diagram shows particles in a solid, a liquid and a gas. Which arrow represents
freezing?

2. A coloured liquid vaporises easily at room temperature. Some of the liquid is placed at
the bottom of a sealed gas jar. Which diagram shows the appearance of the jar after
several hours?

3. In which substance are the particles furthest apart at room temperature?

A ethanol (Alcohol)
B methane (Natural Gas)
C salt
D sugar
4. The diagram shows a glass containing
ice cubes in a fizzy drink.
What has particles that are close
together but free to move past each
other?
A bubbles
B drink
C glass
D ice cubes

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5. The diagrams show the arrangement of particles in the three states of matter.

What are the three states?

6. A solid metal is heated until it turns to vapour. The graph shows the temperature of the
metal during this process. Which part of the graph represents the metal melting?

7. What could be the melting point and boiling point of water containing a dissolved
impurity?
melting point / C

boiling point / C

100

104

100

104

8. A sealed syringe, containing trapped air, is placed in a beaker of hot water.

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What happens to the trapped air and

the air particles?

trapped air

air particles

expands

get larger

expands

move more quickly

contracts

get smaller

contracts

move more slowly

9. In which states do particles diffuse rapidly?

in a gas

in a solid

10. Which object contains substances in all three states of matter?

11. In which of the following are the particles arranged in a regular pattern?
A a crystal
B a gas
C a liquid
D a solution

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Part II: Answer the following questions:

1. A student set up the apparatus shown.

After two minutes, a white solid was seen at point X, where fumes of hydrogen chloride
and ammonia had reacted.
(a) State the name of the white solid formed at point X. ...........................................
(b) Use ideas about particles to explain these observations.

2. Sketch the heating curve for pure Ethanol, between 30 oC and 100oC. Mark in the
temperatures at which water changes state and its state for each sloping part of the
graph. (Note that for pure ethanol, the melting point is -15 oC and the boiling point is
78oC)

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3. What causes the pressure of a gas?

4. Explain why the pressure of a gas in a sealed container increases with heating?

5. If you put a cup of hot tea on an accurate balance, the reading will drop as you watch it.
Why?

Good Luck

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