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Science
Quarter 3-Module 3
Week 3, Phase Change
Science - Grade 8
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Quarter 3 - Module 3: Phase Change
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Lesson Phase Change

Quarter : Third Quarter

Content Standard : The learners demonstrate understanding of the
particle nature of matter as basis for explaining the properties
physical changes, and structure of substances and mixtures.
Performance Standard : The learners should be able to present how water behaves in its
different states within the water cycle
Competency : The learners should be able to explain physical changes in
terms of the arrangement and motion of atoms and molecules
(S8MT-IIIcd-9)
Duration : Week 3
Topic : Phase Change

What I Need to Know

Most of the substances or products we use everyday come in different states of

matter--- the solid, liquid and gas. In the previous module, these states of matter were
identified, described and explained based on their properties as well as on particle nature of
matter. This concept will be further deepened in this module as we will be given the
opportunities to understand the changes undergone by these states or phases of matter.
Learning the concept is deemed essential since this is part of how we live our lives daily. In
order to grasp understanding of this concept, let’s be guided by the learning goals in this
session below.

Objectives

1. Identify the different processes of phase change of matter.

2. Describe the heat energy involved in the different processes of phase change.
3. Make a creative presentation of how water changes in a water cycle.

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 What I Know
Pre-assessment

Directions: Read and understand each question below. Write the letter of your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. What term refers to the change of matter from one phase to another?
A. conversion B. melting event C. phase change D. transition
2. What is the change in the state of matter from liquid to gas?
A. condensation B. deposition C. evaporation D. melting
3. The diagram below shows the changes between the three phases of matter. Which
changes represent sublimation and deposition?

A.I and II B. II and V C. IV and V D. III and VI

4. What phase change is exhibited by a candle, dripping wax on a table?
A. condensation B. freezing C. melting D. sublimation
5. Imelda was cooking rice. After few minutes, when she opened the cover, she noticed that
there were water droplets formed under the cover. Why is this so? It is because ____.
A. water from outside leaked into the pot
B. hydrogen and oxygen combined to form water
C. steam combined with the air to wet the inside of the lid
D. steam cools and water molecules moved closer together
6. Based on situation number 5, what sequence of events (processes) takes place?
A. condensation boiling evaporation C. evaporationcondensationboiling
B. evaporationboilingcondensation D. boilingevaporationcondensation
7. Which phase changes require increase in energy?
A. condensation and freezing C. melting and freezing
B. condensation and evaporation D. melting and evaporation
8. What is the reverse process of condensation?
A. deposition B. evaporation C. freezing D. sublimation
9. Which of the following examples involves an exothermic change?
A. ice melting on a warm day
B. water boiling in a tea kettle
C. air in a bicycle tire gaining pressure after a long ride
D. gaseous water particles coming together to form fog
10. Which of the following statements about ice melting is TRUE?
A. Water molecules lose energy.
B. Energy flows from the ice to its surroundings.
C. Water molecules move to their fixed position.
D. Heat energy is absorbed by the water molecules.
11. In which phase change is heat removed?
A. sublimation, deposition C. freezing, deposition
B. melting, condensation D. evaporation, condensation

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12. Which of the following phase changes is NOT endothermic?
A. condensation C. melting
B. evaporation D. sublimation
13. At what phase change do gas particles escape from the surface of a liquid below
the boiling point?
A. boiling B. condensation C. evaporation D. sublimation
14. Which of the following is NOT a phase change?
A. melting B. deposition C. diffusion D. evaporation
15. What happens to the heat energy as gas condenses? Heat energy ____________.
A. is absorbed C. stays in the gas
B. is released D. remains unchanged

What’s In
Directions: Do the following as directed using a separate sheet of paper.
A. Name the three states of matter, cut out small circles to represent their particles, and
paste them on a separate sheet of paper using the template below.

1. 2. 3.

B. Put a √ mark if the following properties or descriptions match each of the three states
of matter and X if they do not match.

Property Solid Liquid Gas

Fixed shape
Fixed volume
Easily compressed

C. State the ideas of the particle nature of matter

1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________

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 What’s New
Have you ever wondered what happens to your cup of ice cream left on the table
during a hot summer day? What happens to it if it is not eaten? The answer to these
questions is just one the phenomena that you will discover in this activity.

Let’s Get Started!

Activity
Phase Change

Objectives:
1. Identify the different processes of phase change of matter.
2. Describe the heat energy involved in the different processes of phase change.

Directions: Study the following diagrams below on the different phase change and answer
the questions.
A. Leaving some ice cubes on the table

Figure 1 Phase change undergone by ice cubes

1. What happens to the ice cubes as it is left on the table?________________________

2. What process is demonstrated when solid changes to liquid?____________________
3. Why do ice cubes change to liquid when placed on the table?___________________

B. Freezing of tap water

Figure 2 Phase change undergone by tap water

1. What happens to the water as it is placed inside a freezer for several hours?
______________________________________________________________
2. What phase change is involved? ____________________________________
3. Why does this happen? ___________________________________________

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C. Boiling Water
1. What are formed on the water as it boils?___________
2. What do you think is inside the bubbles that form when
the water boils? ______________________________
3. If the water boils for more than 10 minutes, what do
you think will happen to the amount of water in the
beaker? Why?________________________________
4.Identify the phase change being shown in the figure.
____________________________________________
5. Describe the phase change.______________________

Figure 3 Boiling water set-up

D. Covering the boiling water

Figure 4 Boiling water with cover Figure 5 View under the cover

1. Describe what is observed or seen under the cover as well as the level of water
inside the beaker. __________________________________________________
2. Where does the water under the cover come from?________________________
3. Identify the phase change being shown in the set-up._______________________
4. Describe the phase change. __________________________________________
5. Why does the water undergo change in the activity?________________________

E. Leaving some mothballs for a week

Before After
Figure 6 Phase change undergone by moth balls

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 1. What happens to the mothballs after one week?____________________________
2. Identify the phase change being shown in the set-up. ________________________
3. Describe the phase change. ____________________________________________
4. Why do the mothballs undergo change in the set-up?_________________________

F. Comparing the precipitation in different areas

Figure 7 In tropical areas like Philippines Figure 8 In cold places like US

1. Do the two figures show the same phase change? Why?___________________

2. What process of phase change is involved in Figure 7? Figure 8?_____________
3. What happens to the heat energy in the two processes?____________________
4. Which has more heat energy absorbed or released? Why?__________________

What is It
Do you know that….
There are different states of matter due to the particles that make up matter. These
particles in each of these states are constantly moving as explained by the particle nature of
matter. Since the particles respond to varying temperatures, matter undergoes
transformation. The transformation from one state to another is called change of phase. A
phase refers to a distinct state of matter in a chemical system with properties distinctly
different from other states.

The melting of ice cubes when placed outside the refrigerator, shows that a change
of phase has occurred. Change of phase occurs when energy changes. Heat, which is a
form of energy, is either absorbed (endothermic) or released (exothermic) by a substance
during a phase change. Melting occurs as heat is absorbed by matter causing solid matter
like ice cubes to change to liquid. Melting point is the temperature needed to change solid
matter into its liquid form. Ice melts at 0 OC.

The opposite of melting process occurs when liquid is cooled allowing the particles to
slow down causing them to settle in their orderly and fixed positions and become solid. The
process of changing liquid matter to solid is called freezing or solidification. Freezing needs
the release of energy to undergo the change in phase. The freezing point, the temperature
needed to change solid to liquid is 0 OC.

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 On the other hand, if liquid matter like water is being heated, water absorbs the heat
energy which causes the formation of water vapor, a gas in the air. The matter undergoes
the evaporation process. This process of phase change can happen even below the surface
of the liquid. When this happens, bubbles are formed, then rise to the surface and escape
into the air at 100 O C, the boiling point of water. This is the bubbling phenomenon that you
see when water boils.

When a pot of boiling water is covered while the source of heat is turned off, the
water vapor that touches the cover just like in the activity is being cooled. Cooling of water
vapor entails the release of heat energy resulting to the formation of water droplets at the
bottom part of the cover. Condensation takes place as gas changes to its liquid state. You
also observe this, when you see droplets of water as you open the rice cooker when you are
about to eat.

Some substances can also change directly from solid to gas without passing the
liquid state. This process is called sublimation. When mothballs are left in your cabinet, we
do not see the same mothballs after a week or several weeks. Why is this so? This is
because the mothballs absorb heat energy, enough to change them to gas.

With the right concentration of gas particles and at the right temperature, a gas can
change directly to a solid without going through the liquid phase. This process is called
deposition which is a reverse of sublimation. One of the examples of deposition is the
formation of snow. When the combination of water vapor in the air is right and the
temperature of surface on the ground is low enough, the water vapor in the air can change
directly to solid frost without condensing to liquid water. Unlike in warmer areas like
Philippines, the water vapor does not change directly to solid or snow but it condenses to
liquid water, rain as precipitation.

What’s More
Directions: Do the following as directed on a separate sheet of paper.
A. Identify the process of phase change, the starting and ending phase of matter in the
given activities. Indicate if the heat is absorbed (endothermic) or released (exothermic).
Activity Process Starting to Endothermic
Ending Phase /Exothermic
Example: drying of wet hair evaporation liquid-gas endothermic

1. mirror fogs or steams up

2. putting a spoon of margarine
in a hot pan
3. placing a glass of milk in a
freezer
4.releasing of white powder
carbon dioxide from fire
extinguisher while putting out
a fire
5. using air fresheners inside
the bathroom

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B. Match column A with column B. Draw a line that connects the two substances that are
involved in a change. Write “heat absorbed” or heat released” to describe what
happened to the substance in column A. Number 1 is already given as an example.

A B
__________________1.
heat absorbed Corn kernels toast
__________________2. Water falling rain
__________________3. Lava popcorn
__________________ 4. Bread ice
__________________ 5. Snow falling volcanic rock

What I Have Learned

Directions: Read and complete the statements using the words below. Write your answers
on a separate sheet.

dry ice sublimation liquid heat energy

phase melting point matter exothermic

endothermic deposition snow/frost bubbles

freezing condenses water droplets

The states of (1) ________ are solid, liquid and gas. A (2) ________ change occurs
whenever a substance changes from one state of matter to another. Phase change can be
caused by a change in pressure or (3) ________. If heat is applied to cause a phase
change, the process is identified to be (4) ________ and (5) ________if heat is removed.
Melting is a process when solid changes to (6)________ as heat is removed. When this
happens, it has reached its (7) ________ which is equal to 0 OC. On the contrary, matter
reach its (8) ________ point when liquid changes to solid as heat is released. If liquid matter
changes to gas, we observe (9) ________ every time we boil water. And if heat is removed,
especially when the container is covered, (10) ________are observed under the cover,
evidence that the water (11) ________.

There are other processes of phase change that make one state of matter change
directly to another state without passing their pre-requisite state. These include the (12)
________ process wherein solid changes to gas without passing its liquid state. Example of
this phase change includes (13)________. The reverse of this process is (14)________
wherein gas changes directly to solid. This process is responsible for the formation of
(15)________ in colder areas.

What I Can Do
Direction: Answer the following in relation to phase change.

1. Why is it so cold when you get out from the bath room wet, but not as cold if you dry
off first before getting out?
____________________________________________________________________

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 2. Make a creative presentation of how water changes in a water cycle. The
presentation can be in a form of comic strip, poem, pop up booklet, etc.)

Rubric for the output:

Concept/Substance= 20 pts
Organization = 15 pts
Presentation = 15 pts
50 pts

Assessment

Directions. Read and understand each question below. Write the letter of your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. What is deposition? It is a phase change from __________.

A. gas to solid C. liquid to solid
B. liquid to gas D. solid to gas
2. Which of the following could solid ice become if heat energy is added?
A. vapor C. liquid water
B. solid ice D. none of these, since that energy should be removed
3. The diagram below shows the changes between the three phases of matter. Which
changes represent melting and freezing?

A. I and III B. II and V C. IV and V D. V and VI

4. You have seen a volume of water scattered on the cemented floor. After few minutes it
dries up due to high temperature. What happened to the water? It ___________.
A. just dried up into nothing
B. seeped through the floor
C. turned into water vapor and mixed with the air
D. split up into hydrogen and oxygen atoms which then mixed with the air
5. A pot of water is placed on a hot stove. Small bubbles begin to appear at the bottom of the
pot. The bubbles rise to the surface of the water and seem to disappear. Which of the
following is NOT TRUE when water is heated?
A. Heat energy is released.
B. The molecules move faster.
C. Steam is also known as water vapor.
D. More liquid molecules are vaporized.

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6. An iced water is poured on a glass. After a while, droplets of water are seen outside
of the glass. How do these droplets appear?
A. There was a spillage while pouring the water into the glass.
B. The warm air outside the glass condensed on the cold walls of the glass.
C. Water evaporated from inside the glass, and then condensed outside the glass.
D. None of the above
7. What happens when dry ice sublimates at room temperature. Dry ice changes from_______.
A. gas to solid C. solid to liquid
B. liquid to gas D. solid to gas
For questions in numbers 8-9, refer to the diagram below.

8.The figure below shows the changes in the phase of water. What process does X
represent?
A. condensation B. deposition C. evaporation D. sublimation
9. What process is the reverse of W?
A. condensation B. freezing C. melting D. sublimation
10. When a gas changes directly into a solid, the gas ______________ and the
process is called _________.
A. releases heat; deposition C. releases heat; sublimation
B. absorbs heat; sublimation D. absorbs heat; deposition
11. Which phase changes require removal of energy?
A. condensation and freezing C. melting and freezing
B. condensation and evaporation D. melting and condensation
12. Which of the following phase changes is an endothermic change?
A. condensation B. deposition C. evaporation D. freezing
13. An uncovered pot of soup is simmering on a stove, and there are water droplets on the wall
above the back of the stove. What sequence of phase change has occurred?
A. melting, then boiling C. evaporation then condensation
B. freezing the melting D. condensation then evaporation
14. When a person wearing glasses enters a warm house after being outside on a cold
day, their glasses fog up because of _______________.
A. condensation B. evaporation C. melting D. sublimation
15. What is the freezing point of ice?
A. -10 OC B. 0 OC C. 10 OC D. 100 OC

Additional Activities

Directions: Identify the process of phase change that is involved in the given
situations. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Water in the air becomes dew on the grass.

2. Water becomes ice
3. Water vapor in the air becomes snow

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 4. Drying of clothes
5. Dry ice used in smoke machines
6. A bottle of acetone left uncovered
7. Making ice candy
8. Water vapor in the air becomes rain
9. Iron turning to a liquid
10. Ice cream placed outside the refrigerator

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