8th Grade Physical Science First Semester Exam

State of matter that takes the shape and the volume of the container is 

• dependent
• solid
• liquid
• gas

Any characteristics of matter, such as color, shape, and taste that can be detected by the senses without changing the identity of the matter 

• chemical change
• physical property
• physical change
• chemical property

Italian dressing is best described as a 

• compound
• state of matter
• heterogeneous mixture
• chemical property

What is another name for a column on the periodic table of elements?

• compound
• group
• molecule
• similar chemical properties

Combination of compounds and elements that has not formed a new substance and whose proportions can be changed without changing the mixture's identity

• molecule
• solution
• mixture
• matter

Basic unit of matter

• weight
• atom
• ductile
• matter

What makes up an atom?

• chemical property
• conclusion
• electrons, protons, and neutrons
• heterogeneous mixture

Any change in the size, shape, form or state of matter in which the matter's identity remains the same

• physical change
• physical property
• chemical change
• chemical property

Physical property that describe a substance as solid, liquid, gas

• mass and volume
• chemical property
• state of matter
• chemical change

The variable that scientist observe or measure in an experiment

• independent
• solid
• liquid
• dependent