States of Matter: Boiling, Evaporation and Condensation

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Consolidation Worksheet 1
Why Do Changes in State Take Place? /
What Is Boiling? / What Is Evaporation?
1. Answer the questions below.

a. What are the three states that water can exist in?

b. Give an example for each state that you have mentioned in ‘a’.

c. Matter can undergo a change in state through several processes. Name

these processes.

d. Give ONE example from ONE of the processes you have mentioned in ‘c’.

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 2. Below are several words that are related to changes in state. Find and circle
these words in the letter grid below.

Humidity Temperature Heat Steam

Boiling Wind Evaporation

A B T O U T Z C E H I

T O V C N E B Z S M T

F I U H U M I D I T Y

C L D N C P L Y J X K

O I A G Q E S U W P M

P N G B X R A H Z L Y

Q G J I K A N R X Y L

W X H R S T E A M B W

S Y E A W U K L B J I

E V A P O R A T I O N

X Z T F B E C N K R D

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Consolidation Worksheet 2
What Factors Affect the Rate of Evaporation?
Look at the picture below and answer the following questions.

Rita has decided to dry her wet towel by hanging it on a clothesline in her garden.
Instead of leaving her towel fully open, she folded it into half as shown below.

a. Will Rita’s towel take a longer or shorter time to dry?

b. Give your reason for your answer in ‘a’.

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Consolidation Worksheet 3
What Is Condensation?
Answer the following questions.

a. What is condensation?

b. Tom prepared himself a cold drink as shown below.

Draw and label on the picture what you would see after the drink is left out in
the open for five minutes.

c. Explain the reason for your answer in ‘b’.

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Consolidation Worksheet 4
What Is the Water Cycle?
Below is a diagram that shows the water cycle. Study the diagram and answer the
questions that follow.

a. What is the water cycle?

b. Draw arrows on the diagram above to show the correct direction of the cycle.

c. Explain the water cycle process.

1:

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 2:

3:

4:

d. Why is the water cycle important?

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Consolidation Worksheet 5
Why Do We Need to Conserve Water?
The examples below show water being wasted. What can be done to save water
in each of these examples? Write your answers below each picture.

Ari can save water by

Rita can save water by

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 Min can save water by

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Fun and Crossword Puzzle!

Games
Complete the crossword puzzle using the clues given below.

3 4
O N
A
A
5

6
A

I
7 8
U

Across:
3. The process where water changes from the liquid state to the gaseous state
is known as .
5. The falling of water droplets from the sky is also known as .
6. Living things give off vapour through a process called respiration.
7. Tiny water droplets make up that gather high up in the atmosphere.

Down:
1. is a process where water vapour changes into water droplets.
2. is lost when water vapour changes into water droplets.
4. are living things that give off water vapour through their stomata.
8. We see on grass blades early in the morning.

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Exam Practice
Process skills: Observing, Analysing, Inferring

The picture below shows two cans. One of them was taken out from the
refrigerator, while the other was taken out from a shelf in the kitchen. Study the
picture carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Can A Can B

a. Which of the cans was taken out from the refrigerator? [1 mark]

b. Explain how you arrived at your answer in ‘a’. [2 marks] Hint:

Observe the two cans
carefully. What is the
difference between the
two? What do you think
caused this difference?

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