7G End of Unit Test

Name Class

1 Are these things solids, liquids or gases? Write the correct word for each one.

steam

a brick 7
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the sea

coin
pencil
milk

[3 marks]

2 We can tell if a material

is a solid, a liquid or a Property Solid Liquid Gas
gas by the way it Fixed shape
behaves. Tick the Fixed volume
columns in the table to
show which are the Easy to squash
properties of solids, Flows easily
liquids and gases.
[3 marks]

3 Petrol is a liquid. When you fill

up, the petrol flows through the
pipe and into the petrol tank in
your car.

a Why could you not fill up the tank

in this way if a car used a solid fuel like coal?

[1 mark]
b It is possible to run an engine using a gas like hydrogen as a fuel. Explain one
problem that you would have if you wanted to fill up the fuel tank with a gas.

[1 mark]
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4 All materials are made

up of particles. Tick the Spacing Solid Liquid Gas
boxes in the table to Very close together
show how the particles
Fairly close together
are arranged in solids,
liquids and gases. Far apart

7 [2 marks]
G 5 Draw diagrams in the boxes to show how the particles are arranged.
Use ● to represent one particle
Solid Liquid Gas

[7 marks]

6 a Solids have a high density. What does the word ‘density’ mean?

[1 mark]
b When a material is a gas, it has a lower density than when it is a liquid.
Why is this?

[1 mark]
7 You can smell dinner cooking while you are watching TV. The smell has spread
by diffusion.
a Why does diffusion happen?

[1 mark]
b Why doesn’t diffusion happen in solids?

[1 mark]

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c Does diffusion happen faster in a liquid or a gas?

Explain your answer.

[2 marks]
8 a How do the particles inside a car tyre cause pressure on the tyre? 7
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[1 mark]
b When a driver pumps up the tyres of a car, more air particles are put
into the tyres. What will happen to the pressure inside the tyres?

[1 mark]

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