Praxis II General Science

Category - Major Ideas

John is learning chemistry for the first time, and he is told by his teacher that water is not in a “perma-cool” state, but rather a solid state. Which of the following is also not a state of matter?
  1. Liquid
  2. Gas
  3. Plasma
  4. Fixed
  5. All of the above are states of matter.
Explanation
Answer: D - Fixed matter is not a type of matter. Plasma is superheated matter which isn’t quite a gas, and is electrically conductive and responds to magnetic or electromagnetic forces. The common types of matter are solid, liquid, or gas.
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