This document contains a chemistry worksheet with 13 multiple-part questions about states of matter and gas laws. Students are asked to identify physical states at different temperatures, explain phase changes using kinetic theory, perform gas law calculations involving pressure, volume and temperature, and graph data showing phase changes. The worksheet aims to test understanding of states of matter, phase transitions, and the relationships between pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of gas as defined by the ideal gas laws.
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States of matter activities
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States of matter
Activities
1.- Indicate the physical state (solid, liquid or gas) of these substances
TEMPERATURE -50 º C 60 º C 500 º C
SUBSTANCE PHYSICAL PHYSICAL PHYSICAL
STATE? STATE? STATE?
WATER SOLID
LEAD
OXYGEN GAS
MERCURY
ALCOHOL
ACETONE
2.- Could you use a mercury thermometer to measure temperature at the South Pole
on a winter day with a temperature of - 50 º C?. Why? How would you do it?
3.- Could you use a mercury thermometer to measure temperature in a volcano with a
temperature of 2000 ° C?. Why? How would you do it?
4.- It would seem that evaporation and boiling might be the same process. However,
there are important differences. What are the differences between boiling and evaporation?
5.- The temperature of a substance has been measured, while it was heated up, with
the following results:
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T ºC
t ( min) T ( º C) 2000
0 100
5 150
10 250 1500
15 328
20 328
1000
25 328
30 800
35 1300 500
40 1500
45 1728
50 1728
t(min)
55 1728 10 30 40 50 60 70
20
60 1750
65 1800
a) Make a graph using the table.
b) Indicate, in the graph, the physical states (solid, liquid and gas) of this substance.
c) Indicate, in this graph, where have changes of states being produced?
d) What is the substance?
7.- We have measured the temperature of a substance, after introducing it in a fridge.
T ºC
t ( min) T ( º C)
0 80 100
5 60
10 40
75
15 20
20 0
25 0 50
30 0
35 0
25
40 0
45 -5
50 -10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 t(min)
55 -15
60 -20 - 25
a) Make a graph using the table.
b) Indicate, in the graph, the physical states (solid, liquid and gas) of this substance.
c) Indicate, in this graph, where have changes of states been produced
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d) What is the substance?
8.- Explain the following processes using the kinetic theory:
a) A bottle of perfume is unscrewed and it smells across the room.
b) A balloon is left under the sun and it will swell.
c) When a gas is compressed, pressure and temperature increases.
d) A blue liquid was poured into a glass, and after a while all the glass becomes blue.
f) When a balloon goes up to the stratosphere, its volume increases.
g) The size of a balloon rises when we inflate it.
9.- A gas occupies a volume of 5 L when the pressure is 1 atm. Calculate the finish
volume if pressure increases to 2 atm and temperature doesn't change .
Initial state Final state
5l
1 atm 2 atm
10.- A gaseous substance is cooled to 250 K and its volume becomes to 2 L.
Calculate the initial volume when temperature was 300 K. Pressure does not change in this
process
Initial state Final state
300 K 250 K
2L
11.- Calculate and fill the gap.
INITIAL CONDITIONS FINAL CONDITIONS
P1 V1 T1 P2 V2 T2
2 atm 4L 300 K 4 atm 300 K
12.- Calculate and fill the gap.
INITIAL CONDITIONS FINAL CONDITIONS
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P1 V1 T1 P2 V2 T2
760 mm Hg 2L 260 K 4 atm 200 mL
13.- Calculate and fill the gap.
INITIAL STATE FINAL STATE
P1 V1 T1 P2 V2 T2
300 mL 45 º C 5 atm 2L 30
Besides this activities you must do the following ones from the unit
two of your book:
• On page 34: Activities 21, 25, 28, 29 and 31.
• On page 35: Activities: 32 and 36
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