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Name ______________________ Tutor Group _________

For questions 1 to 8 choose the correct word from the brackets to make each
sentence correct
1. Glass is used in windows because it is (hard / transparent/ solid)

2. Steel is used to make spoons because it is (expensive / hard / magnetic)

3. Copper is used for wires because it conducts (heat / electricity / sound)

4. Foam is used in packaging because it is (white / dense / light)

5. Rubber is used in bicycle tyres because it is (hard/ flexible / natural)

6. Plastic is used for washing up bowls because it is (man-made/waterproof)

7. An example of a material that is liquid is (steam / sugar / syrup)

8. When water is a gas it is called (ice / empty space / steam )

Look at the diagrams below, which show how water molecules are arranged as a solid,
as a liquid and as a gas. Then answer questions 9 to 11.

9. Diagram A shows a
_______________

10. Diagram B shows a

_____________

11. Diagram C shows a

A B C
_______________

For each substance in Question 12-17, state whether it is a solid, liquid or gas.

12. carbon dioxide _____________ 15. blood ____________

13. milk ___________ 16. sand ______________

14. leaves ____________ 17. breath ______________

For questions 18 to 24 choose the correct word from the brackets to make each
sentence correct.

18. A (gas/ liquid/ solid) has a fixed shape and is rigid.

19. A (gas/ liquid/ solid) flows and takes up the shape of its container.

20. A (gas/ liquid/ solid) spreads out to occupy all the space available.

21. A (gas/ liquid/ solid) has a fixed volume and a fixed shape.

22. A (gas/ liquid/ solid) has no fixed volume and no fixed shape.

23. The particles are packed together and can move about in a (gas / liquid / solid)

24. The particles are far apart and move fast in all directions in a

(gas/ liquid/ solid).

Answer the next 2 questions using your knowledge of particles and how they are
arranged in solids, liquids and gases. You must use the word “particles” in both
answers.
25. Why is it easy to squash a gas but very difficult to squash a liquid?

26. Why does a liquid not have a fixed shape?

27. If this cold glass flask is held with warm hands,

air bubbles will come out of the tube. Explain
carefully why this happens. You must use the word
“particles” in your answer.
The diagram below shows an experiment to boil salty water (in the conical flask) and
then collect pure water (in the test tube inside the beaker)

28. Where on the diagram are the B

A
water particles vibrating the least? B
A,B or C? _____________
A
C
X
29. Where on the diagram are the
water particles the furthest apart?
Y
A,B or C? _______________

30. Give the correct names of the

pieces of apparatus X, Y and Z in
this diagram. They must be spelt D
C
correctly.
Z

X= ______________________________

Y= ______________________________

Z= ______________________________

Well done!
Now go back and check your work to make sure you haven’t made any silly
mistakes.