Properties of matter Quiz

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

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 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, air
• rock, milk, water
• plastic, water, air

A student makes a drink stirring lemon juice and sugar into a glass of water.  Why is this drink considered a solution? 

• The lemon juice and sugar change the taste of the water 
• the water changes color
• the lemon juice and sugar dissolve in the water
• the student stirs the mixture

What is the freezing point of water? 

• 0*F
• 100*F
• 0*C
• 100*F

What is the boiling point of water? 

• 0*c
• 100*C
• 100*F
• 0*F

If I have a liquid and it changes to a solid, what process is that? 

• freezing
• melting
• condensation
• evaporation

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 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