Solids, liquids and gases as moving particles

Answer Key - Grade 8 Science Worksheet

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1. Read this first

   Ice on a hot plate (example data)

   minute	temperature (°C)
   0	−10
   1	−5
   2	0
   4	0
   6	0
   8	0
   9	6
   10	12

2. 1.

   The hot plate adds energy at a steady rate the whole time. Where does the energy go between minutes 2 and 8, Ari?

   • It makes each particle larger and softer, which melts the ice while the temperature stays put
   • It pulls particles out of their fixed places, so the ice melts while the temperature stays put
   • It escapes into the room, so the ice receives no energy and its temperature stays put during these minutes
   • Its particles stop moving while the ice melts, so there is no motion left to raise the temperature

3. Heating 10 g of ice (example data)

   minute	temperature (°C)
   0	0
   3	0
   4	24
   7	96
   8	100
   20	100
   30	100

4. 2.

   A hot plate adds energy at a steady rate. Why is the flat part at 100 °C so much longer than the flat part at 0 °C, Bo?

   • The hot plate delivers less energy each minute once the ice has melted, so the water heats more slowly
   • The thermometer responds more slowly at 100 °C than at 0 °C, so the flat part looks longer than it is
   • Pulling particles completely apart into a gas takes much more energy than loosening them into a liquid
   • There is more water at 100 °C than there was ice at 0 °C, since melting adds mass, so it takes longer
5. 3.

   Each setup used 1 drop of dye. Kira wants to fix this table so the test is fair. Which change should the class make?

   • Run setup B again with 300 mL of water, so that the volumes differ by even more than before
   • Drop the 50 °C setup, since hot water is too different from cold water to compare fairly
   • Time setup A and setup B once more each, leaving 200 mL of water in A and 100 mL in B as they were
   • Run setup A again with 100 mL of water, so that only the temperature differs between the setups
6. 4.

   Luz plans a fair test of water temperature on how fast dye spreads. Which plan is best?

   • Use 200 mL of water and 1 drop of dye in each beaker, change just the temperature, and time one beaker at each temperature, since it saves time
   • Use 200 mL of water in each beaker, change the temperature, and add extra dye to the hot beakers so the color shows up better against the water
   • Use 200 mL of water and 1 drop of dye in each beaker, change just the temperature, and time three beakers at each temperature
   • Use 200 mL of water and 1 drop of dye in each beaker, then time three beakers at 10 °C and one beaker at each hotter temperature
7. 5.

   Water evaporates at a steady rate. Water evaporates at a steady rate from Milo's open beaker. What is the mass of the beaker and water on day 7?

   378 g
8. 6.

   Water evaporates at a steady rate. Water evaporates at a steady rate from an open jar. What is the mass of the jar and water on day 9, Noah?

   214 g
9. 7.

   Pia leaves a bowl of water on a windowsill. Water evaporates at a steady rate. What is the mass of the bowl and water on day 10?

   150 g

10. Sealed jar of ice that melts (example data)

    state	mass (g)	volume (cm³)
    Ice	90	98
    Liquid water	90	90

11. 8.

    A sealed jar of ice melts. The mass stays the same but the volume falls. Why, Ren?

    • The same particles take up less space once the open ice pattern breaks and they pack closer
    • The liquid water has more mass than the ice had, so the same jar holds it in less space overall
    • Each particle shrank when it melted, so the same particles take up less room
    • Some particles were destroyed in the melting, so fewer particles are left to fill the jar's space

12. Sealed syringe of air (example data)

    plunger	volume (mL)	mass of air (g)
    Start	60	0.07
    Pushed in	20	0.07

13. 9.

    Tala pushes the plunger of a sealed syringe and squeezes the air. How does the density of the air change, and why?

    • It triples: pushing the plunger forces more air particles in from outside
    • It triples: the same mass of air is squeezed into one third of the volume
    • It stays the same: the mass is unchanged, so the density is unchanged
    • It falls to one third: pressing particles together makes each one lighter

14. Colored liquid in a thin tube (example data)

    temperature (°C)	height of the liquid (mm)
    10	40
    30	52
    50	64

15. 10.

    The level of a colored liquid rises in a thin tube as it warms. What does the particle model say, Zee?

    • Warmer particles stop moving and settle upward, so the column grows taller
    • Faster particles push a little farther apart, so the same particles fill more volume
    • Warming adds liquid particles to the tube from the air around the bulb, so the column grows
    • Each particle grows as it warms, so the same particles fill a taller column of the tube