States of Matter — Quiz Answers

Which statement describes all solids?

Which statement best describes the atoms in a solid?

Julianna blows air into a balloon to inflate it. What can be known about the atoms of the air?

Gerry is looking at salt under a powerful microscope and notices a crystalline structure. What can be known about the salt sample that Gerry is looking at?

Which statement best describes the atoms of the gas neon?

Mercury’s natural state is where the atoms are close to each other but are still free to pass by each other. In which state(s) could mercury naturally exist?

Which correctly lists the types of matter, in terms of their atoms, in order from least tightly packed to most tightly packed?

Which statement best describes the atoms in a gas?

Density describes how much mass is contained in a certain volume. Knowing how far apart molecules are in each state, which best ranks solids, liquids, and gasses from least dense to most dense?

Which best compares the phases of matter to marbles in a tray? An analogy makes a comparison between objects based on their similar qualities. Cassidy wanted to create an analogy for the motion of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases, so she compared them to marbles in a tray.