States of Matter Answers

A scientist wants to try to make a plasma.Which method can be used to make a plasma?

As more and more energy is added to the atoms of a solid plastic, the plastic will first change into

When atoms get more and more energy, they can ionize. What can happen to a gas as more energy is added to its atoms?

When frozen ice cream melts, the atoms in the ice cream

An illustration of 4 beakers labeled A, B, C and D with particles in them. Beaker A has singular particles with a lot of space between them. Beaker B has particles joined in pairs with a lot of space between them. Beaker C has individual particles closer together and in the bottom half of the beaker. Beaker D has individual particles against each other in the bottom half of the beaker in a fixed pattern.

Smoke is a mixture of solid, liquid, and gas particles. Although the solid particles make the smoke visible, most of the smoke mixture is gas.

Compressed gas has many uses. It can be held in a tank like this with a valve that can be opened to safely release small amounts of gas at a time. The valve usually releases the gas into a tube through which it travels to another container. It is only safe to allow small amounts of compressed gas out at a time.

If a substance containing charged ions and electrons can be compressed so that the particles have less space between them, the substance is a

A mass of charged ions that can expand out of an open container would be considered a

A floating balloon can be formed when the substance helium is released from a compressed container into a flat rubber balloon. Then, the decompressed helium atoms expand and float up, making the rubber balloon expand around them and float with them. What is helium’s state when it does this?