Quiz 2 Properties of Matter

Adding food coloring to water creates a solution.  Which properties is true of all solution? 

• They all include water
• They are all evenly mixed
• They are all liquids or gases
• The substances are permanently combined

What would you use a strainer to separate? 

• a mixture that is a solution
• a mixture that is partly magnetic 
• a mixture of particles that have different sizes
• a mixture of particles that are all the same size

What would you use a strainer to separate? 

• a mixture that is a solution
• a mixture that is partly magnetic 
• a mixture of particles that have different sizes
• a mixture of particles that are all the same size

A company collects cans to recycle.  Some cans are made of aluminum, and others are made of steel.  What physical property could be used to separate and classify the different types of cans? 

• size
• shape
• soulubility
• magnetism

Matter can be classified based on physical properties, including solubility in water.  Which of these substances would be classified as soluble? 

• salt
• sand
• plastic
• iron filings

A student makes a solution by mixing a flavored, powdered drink mix into water.  Some physical properties of the water will change after the drink mix dissolves.  Which physical property of the water will remain the same? 

• odor
• taste
• color
• temperature

A student wants to classify matter based on its solubility.  How could she test a material to find out if it is soluble or insoluble? 

• cool it to see if it freezes
• heat it to see if it changes state
• add it to water to see if it dissolves 
• measure it to find mass and volume

Matter may be a gas, a solid, or a liquid.  It can change from one state to another.  Which of the following may cause matter to change form? 

• a change in mass
• a change in color
• a change in volume
• a change in temperature

Which of the following list a solid first, a liquid next, and then a gas? 

• iron, ice, fire
• wood, milk, rock
• rock, milk, water
• plastic, water, air

Which of the following list a solid first, a liquid next, and then a gas? 

• iron, ice, fire
• wood, milk, air
• rock, milk, water
• plastic, water, air