Sci8Q
Directions. Read and understand each question below. Write the letter of
your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is deposition? It is a phase change from __________.
A. gas to solid C. liquid to solid
B. liquid to gas D. solid to gas
2. Which of the following could solid ice become if heat energy is added?
A. vapor C. liquid water
B. solid ice D. none of these, since that energy should
be removed
3. The diagram below shows the changes between the three phases of
matter. Which changes represent melting and freezing?
4. You have seen a volume of water scattered on the cemented floor. After
few minutes it dries up due to high temperature.
What happened to the water? It ___________.
A. just dried up into nothing
B. seeped through the floor
C. turned into water vapor and mixed with the air
D. split up into hydrogen and oxygen atoms which then mixed with the air
5. A pot of water is placed on a hot stove. Small bubbles begin to appear
at the bottom of the pot. The bubbles rise to the surface of the water and
seem to disappear. Which of the following is NOT TRUE when water is
heated?
A. Heat energy is released. C. Steam is also known as water vapor
B. The molecules move faster. D. More liquid molecules are vaporized
6. An iced water is poured on a glass. After a while, droplets of water are
seen outside of the glass. How do these droplets appear?
A. There was a spillage while pouring the water into the glass.
B. The warm air outside the glass condensed on the cold walls of the glass.
C. Water evaporated from inside the glass, and then condensed outside the glass.
D. None of the above
7. What happens when dry ice sublimates at room temperature. Dry ice
changes from_______.
A. gas to solid C. solid to liquid
B. liquid to gas D. solid to gas
8.The figure below shows the changes in the phase of water. What
process does X represent?
A. condensation B. deposition C. evaporation D. sublimation
9. What process is the reverse of W?
A. condensation B. freezing C. melting D. sublimation
10. When a gas changes directly into a solid, the gas ______________
and the process is called _________.
A. releases heat; deposition C. releases heat; sublimation
B. absorbs heat; sublimation D. absorbs heat; deposition
11. Which phase changes require removal of energy?
A. condensation and freezing C. melting and freezing
B. condensation and evaporation D. melting and condensation
12. Which of the following phase changes is an endothermic change?
A. condensation B. deposition C. evaporation D. freezing
13. An uncovered pot of soup is simmering on a stove, and there are
water droplets on the wall above the back of the stove. What sequence of
phase change has occurred?
A. melting, then boiling C. evaporation then condensation
B. freezing the melting D. condensation then evaporation
14. When a person wearing glasses enters a warm house after being
outside on a cold day, their glasses fog up because of _______________.
A. condensation B. evaporation C. melting D. sublimation
15. What is the freezing point of ice?
A. -10 C
o
B. 0 C
0
C. 10 C
o
D. 100 C
o
Answerkey
1.A
2.C
3. D
4.C
5.A
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.B
10.D
11.A
12.C
13.C
14.C
15.B