Phases of Matter

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. How loud something is, or how much space it fills (6)
  2. 3. State of matter with a fixed shape (5)
  3. 5. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (7)
  4. 10. The natural process of laying down a ___ of something (10)
  5. 11. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  6. 12. A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid (11)
  7. 13. Frozen water (3)
  8. 14. A line on a graph representing data (5)
  9. 15. The process of becoming cooler (7)
  10. 16. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid (8)

Down

  1. 2. How much matter something contains (4)
  2. 4. How tightly packed the matter in something is (7)
  3. 6. The process of becoming a vapor (11)
  4. 7. Relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith (7)
  5. 8. The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas (7)
  6. 9. A distinct state of matter in a system (5)