Revision States of Matter

Venn Diagram Liquid Gas Solid

Particles close together (solids, liquids) Contains particles (all) Definite volume (solids, liquids) Expands to fill container (gases) Does not flow (solids) No definite shape (liquids, gases) Easily compressed (gases) Can boil (liquids) Can melt (solids) Particles an move past each other (liquids, gases) Particles far apart (gases) Difficult to compress (solids, liquids) Can freeze (liquids) Flows easily (liquids, gases) Particles vibrate (solid) Can condense (gases)

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Bingo! Fill each square of your bingo grid with a different word from the list below Melting Steam Vibrate Freezing Ice Conduction Evaporation Expand Radiation Condensation Contract Black Solid Fluids Rise Liquid Oxygen Draught excluder Gas

When metals are heated they...

Expand

The gas plants produce and we breathe...

Oxygen

This can reduce heat loss through doors...

Draught Excluder

The tiny little things everything is made of are called...

Particles

Metals expand because the particles ? more as they are heated.

Vibrate

The process of turning a solid into a liquid is called...

Melting

Water in its solid state is called...

Ice

The diagram below shows how particles are arranged in a...

Gas

Which colour of t shirt would absorb heat best?

Black

The process of turning gas into liquid is called...

Condensation

The process of turning a liquid into a solid is called...

Freezing

Heat will travel along this rod by...

Conduction

In cold weather metal cables...

Contract

The process of turning liquid into gas is called...

Evaporation

When particles are heated they...

Rise

Heat can travel through space by the process of ...

Radiation

Liquids and gases flow so they are known as...

Fluids

Water in its gas form is called...

Steam

The diagram below shows how particles are arranged in a...

Solid

Mercury is a metal which is a ? at room temperature

Liquid