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SCI0603 - LAB - States of Matter Simulation

This document provides instructions for a simulation lab on states of matter. Students are asked to draw diagrams and predict how molecules will move in solids, liquids, and gases before running the simulation. In the simulation, students observe water in its three states and how it changes with increasing temperature. They note the melting and boiling points of water and describe what happens just below and above each point. Students then investigate another substance and compare its states of matter to water. Finally, they are challenged to determine the melting and boiling points of a third substance based on molecular behavior.

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SCI0603 - LAB - States of Matter Simulation

This document provides instructions for a simulation lab on states of matter. Students are asked to draw diagrams and predict how molecules will move in solids, liquids, and gases before running the simulation. In the simulation, students observe water in its three states and how it changes with increasing temperature. They note the melting and boiling points of water and describe what happens just below and above each point. Students then investigate another substance and compare its states of matter to water. Finally, they are challenged to determine the melting and boiling points of a third substance based on molecular behavior.

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Name: Date:

Class: States of Matter Simulation Lab

States of Matter Simulation Lab


Before you open the simulation:

PREDICT
1. Draw a diagram below showing what you think the molecules will look like for each state of
matter, solid, liquid, and gas. Write a sentence below each diagram predicting what the motion of
the molecules will be like.

Solid Liquid Gas


Diagram of
molecules

Sentence
explaining
how
molecules
will be
moving.

2. If you start with a substance as a solid, what will happen to the molecules as you add thermal
energy (heat)?

ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PAGE, YOU MAY BEGIN THE SIMULATION.
Open the simulation. You will find it in a folder on your desktop labeled “States of Matter
Simulation.”

INVESTIGATE:

3. Use the menu on the right side of the program to select Water and Solid. Draw and describe
what you see in the space below.

Diagram Description

4. Now, use the slider on the bottom of the program to Add Heat. Notice the thermometer at the
top of the program. What temperature scale is this thermometer showing?

5. What happens to the water as you increase the temperature?

6. What is the melting/freezing point of water in Kelvin?

7. Add heat until the temperature is just below and then just above the melting point of water.
How is water different below its melting point and above it?

8. Draw and describe what water looks like as a liquid.

Diagram Description
9. What is the boiling/condensation point of water in Kelvin?

10. Continue to add heat until you are just below and then just above the boiling point of water.
How is water different below its boiling point and above it?

11. Draw and describe what water looks like as a gas.

Diagram Description

12. Choose one of the other three substances listed in the menu on the right. Investigate what
happens when you add and remove heat from this substance. Use the buttons on the right to see
this substance as a solid, liquid, and gas. Draw and describe its properties in the table below.

Substance Selected:

Solid Liquid Gas


Diagram of
molecules

Sentence
explaining
how
molecules
are moving.
ANALYZE:

13. How was this substance similar to water in each state of matter? How was it different?

14. Were your predictions (see p. 1) correct or incorrect? Explain.

BONUS: Optional, worth up to 10 points added to the lab’s final grade

15. Choose a substance other than water from the menu on the right side of the program. Use the
slider to add and remove heat. Based on what the molecules do, figure out the approximate
temperatures of the melting point and boiling point of this substance. (Hint: The temperatures
given when you click solid, liquid, and gas are NOT the melting and boiling points.)

Substance:

Melting Point:

How did you figure it out?

Boiling Point:

How did you figure it out?

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