Physical Science

  1. The amount of energy needed to change a material from the solid state to the liquid state is the heat of

    A. vaporization
    B. condensation
    C. fusion
    fusion
  2. Matter that has a definite volume and definite shape is a

    A. solid
    B. liquid
    C. gas
    solid
  3. When heated, most matter will

    A. contract
    B. expand
    C. condense
    expand
  4. The pressure of a gas will increase as the volume of the container decreases provided temperature does not change.

    A. Boyle's law
    B. Charles's law
    C. Bernoulli's principle
    Boyle's law
  5. A gaslike mixture with no definite volume or shape that is made up of positively and negatively charged particles is a

    A. liquid
    B. gas
    C. plasma
    plasma
  6. Matter with no definite volume and no definite shape is a

    A. solid
    B. gas
    C. liquid
    gas
  7. Matter in which particles are arranged in repeating geometric patterns is a

    A. solid
    B. gas
    C. liquid
    solid
  8. Who was the SI unit of pressure named for?

    A. Daniel Bernoulli
    B. Blaise Pascal
    C. Robert Boyle
    Blaise Pascal
  9. The amount of energy needed to change a material from a liquid to a gas is athe heat of

    A. vaporization
    B. condensation
    C. fusion
    vaporization
  10. The idea that the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature provided the pressure does not change is

    A. Boyle's law
    B. Charles's law
    C. Bernoulli's principle
    Charles's law
  11. Liquids which keep some ordered structure are

    A. plasma
    B. amorphous
    C. liquid crystals
    liquid crystals
  12. Matter that has a definite volume and no definite shape is a

    A. solid
    B. liquid
    C. gas
    liquid
  13. Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughout their container is a

    A. solid
    B. liquid
    C. gas
    gas
  14. The particles that make up a solid move slower than do the particles that make up a gas.

    True or False
    True
  15. The buoyant force on an object ina fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

    A. Charles's law
    B. Bernoulli's principle
    C. Archimedes' principle
    Archimedes' principle
  16. The equation P1V1 = constant = P2V2 applies to _______.

    A. Charles's law
    B. Boyle's law
    C. Pascal's principle
    Boyle's law
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Physical Science
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Physical Science Ch. 16
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