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Kinetic Molecular Theory Worksheet

Use the following terms to fill in the blanks. Some may be uses more than once. Hopefully all will be included but you
never know. If you seem to need an additional term (oops!) just do your best

Gas Solid Liquid Phase Compress

Empty Space Kinetic Energy Bonds Structure Collisions
Anomaly Random Motion Temperature Absolute Zero density
Fluids Compressible Incompressible.

A ____________

B ____________

C ____________
A B C
The boxes above represent matter in the 3 common phases. Write the name of the phase next to the appropriate letter.

1. The word kinetic comes from a Greek word that means “to move.” The kinetic molecular theory is based
upon the assumption that atoms are in constant ____________
2. State the names of the phases in order of Temperature, Kinetic Energy, density and bond strength
between atoms

Lowest Temperatures In between Temperatures Highest Temperatures

____________ ____________ ____________
Lowest Kinetic Energy In between Kinetic Energy Highest Kinetic Energy
____________ ____________ ____________
Lowest Density Highest Density
____________
High Strength Bonds Weak Bonds No Bonds
____________ ____________ ____________

3. ____________is directly related to temperature. As the temperature increases so does the ____________.

4. Compared to Solids and Liquids gases tend to have a lower ____________. This can be explained by the
fact that there is so much ____________between particles in a gas.

5. A small pressure will easily ____________ a gas. If this happens its ____________ will increase. The space
between the atoms will (INCREASE or ____________).
 6. Even a large pressure will not ____________ a solid because the atoms are so closely packed.

7. Solids have strong ____________, liquids have weaker ____________ and gases have no ____________
holding them together.

8. A solid like ice or diamond has a highly ordered arrangement of bonds between atoms which is called its
____________. A liquid or gas does not have this.

8. Water is an ____________ to the general rules of phases of matter because it has less ____________ in
its solid phase than its ____________ phase. This means that ice forms on the ( ____________ or BOTTOM) of
a freezing body of water.

9. ____________is the temperature when a substance has no Kinetic Energy and the atoms are no longer
moving.

10. Both liquids and gases are considered ____________ because they flow easily. However the density of
a liquid can not be changed easily while the density of a gas can be changed by compressing it. Because of
this a liquid is considered an ____________ fluid and a gas is considered a ____________ fluid.

DESCRIBE AN EXPERIMENT – We know that the solid form of water (ICE) is less dense than the liquid form of
water ( LIQUID WATER). When water freezes it starts at the top and freezes down through to the bottom. A
scientist thinks that wax will also freeze from top to bottom. Describe the steps of how a scientist would test
this?

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THE KINETIC THEORY - Fill in the blanks and draw the picture to illustrate the rule.
According to the notes the Kinetic Theory describes gases as follows:

____________ Illustration

________________________________________________random motion.

________________________________________________empty space
________________________________________________

Collisions ________________________________________________

________________________Temperature ________________________ High Temp Low Temp