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States of Matter Complete the puzzle.

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down 1. The three forms of matter (liquid, solid, and gas). (3 words)	down 3. The change in a state of matter from a solid to a liquid.	down 5. The gas state of water. (2 words)	down 8. Matter in a gas state will ____ out to fill its container
down 9. The change in a state of matter from a gas to a liquid.	down 11. If you add heat to matter, the atoms that make up the matter will begin to move ____.	down 14. In ____, atoms move the fastest.	down 15. Water changes from a liquid state to a solid-state at ____ degrees Celsius.
down 16. The particles in ____ move back and forth in place.	down 19. The particles in liquids ____ past each other.	down 20. A solid always take up the same amount of this.	down 21. A state of matter that has no fixed shape and no fixed volume.
across 1. If you subtract heat from matter, the atoms that make up the matter will begin to move ____.	across 2. The temperature at which a given substance will change from a liquid into a gas. (2 words)	across 4. The particles in a solid state move around ___ point.	across 6. The number of states of matter.
across 7. You can change the state of matter by either adding or subtracting ____.	across 10. A state of matter that has no fixed shape but that has a definite volume.	across 11. Particles in a gas are ____ apart than the particles in a liquid.	across 12. The change in a state of matter from a liquid to a solid.
across 13. The change in a state of matter from a liquid to a gas.	across 17. The pull on the surface of liquids that allow liquids to form drops when they fall. (2 words)	across 18. The basic building blocks of matter.	across 22. The temperature at which a given substance will change from a solid into a liquid. (2 words)
across 23. A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume.	across 24. Gases ____ to fill whatever space is available to them.

 

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