Practice Questions Matter and Change

Water freezing to ice is an example of a:

• Physical change
• Chemical change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Burning wood to ash is an example of a:

• Physical change
• Chemical change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Smashing a piece of candy into smaller pieces is an example of a:

• Physical change
• Chemical change

A physical change does not need energy to occur.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Adding HEAT to matter causes its particles to:

• move faster and farther apart
• Move slower and farther apart
• Move faster and closer together
• Move slower and closer together

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the three states of matter?

• solid, volume, mass
• density, volume, mass
• solid, liquid, gas
• density, gas, volume

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter that has a definite volume and shape.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• matter

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

A measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit of volume.

• mass
• density
• volume
• matter

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CCSS.HSG.MG.A.2

Molecules are closest together in a 

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which state of matter has particles arranged like this?

• solid
• liquid
• gas

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NGSS.5-PS1-1