Unit 1 Matter and Changes in Matter

In a lab on Friday you created wood shavings, you now have a mixture of wood shavings and iron fillings. Your teacher told you to separate the mixture. What would you use?

• a strainer

• a magnetic wand

• a glass of water

• None of the above

Which statement best describes the drawing above?

• The orange is lighter than the apple.

• The orange has less mass than the apple.

• The apple has less mass than the orange.

• The apple is heavier than the orange.

The class did a science experiment about sink and float. Which items sunk and which items floated?

• The brick, keys, and rock sunk. The ball, boat, bolts, and duck floated.

• They all sunk.

• The rock, keys, bolt, and brick sunk. The duck, boat, ball, and log floated.

• Only two items could float. The ball and duck.

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In states of matter a solid does not take the shape of its container. Which of the following would be a solid?

• orange juice in a jug

• helium in a balloon

• water

• legos

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Liquids and gasses take the shape of their containers. Which of the follwoing will take the shape of their container?

• orange juice in a jug

• noodles in a box

• Legos

• chips in a bag

Rob poured his mom a glass of ice tea. The tea is a

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• other

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Rob poured his mom a glass of ice tea. The ice cubes are...

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• other

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Billy went to the concession stand at the football game and bought a soda. The soda had bubbles floating in it. Which state of matter best describes the bubbles?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• other

Billy and his sister both bought sodas at the game. Billy bought a Dr. Pepper and his sister bought a Diet Coke. They decided to see if they would sink or float. His sister's Diet Coke was floating and his sank quickly. Which statement best describes their observation?

• Billy's had more ice and was a colder temperature so it sunk.

• His sister's drink of Diet Coke has more mass than the Dr. Pepper which has sugar.

• The diet drink could float in the water and the Dr. Pepper drink with sugar sank.

• They are both heavy.

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During Science on Friday what did you observe about the water on the hot plate?

• Heat made the water still.

• Heat could not make the ice melt.

• Heat did not create a change

• Heat created condensation, evaporation, and ice to melt.

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