Do not write on this

sheet!

For questions 1 to 8 chose 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
_______________

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

12. carbon dioxide

13. milk
14. leaves
15. blood
16. sand
17. breath

For questions 18 to 24 chose 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. easy to squash a gas?

Why is it
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 B
least? A,B or C?
A
C
X
29. Where on the diagram are the
water particles the
furthest
apart? A,B or C? Y

30. Give the correct names of the

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

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