Year 5
What happens during a state change?
In this lesson, we find out what happens to the arrangement and behaviour of particles during a change of state. Learn about the properties of solids, liquids and gases and how to identify changes of state.
Year 5
What happens during a state change?
In this lesson, we find out what happens to the arrangement and behaviour of particles during a change of state. Learn about the properties of solids, liquids and gases and how to identify changes of state.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Describe how particles are arranged in solids, liquids and gases
- Explain what happens to particles in substances that change state
- Identify phase changes present in a range of examples
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5 Questions
Q1.
Particles in a solid
Are not touching and moving fast in all directions.
Are touching and not moving.
Are touching but can move past each other.
Q2.
Liquids can be compressed because there are spaces between the particles.
True
Q3.
Gases can flow because the particles are able to move in all directions.
False
Q4.
What happens to particles when they are heated?
They have no energy.
They have the same amount of energy.
They lose energy.
Q5.
Which of the following is condensation?
A liquid becoming a gas.
A liquid becoming a solid.
A solid becoming a liquid.