Properties and Changing Matter Unit 1

Tom heats up a candle. What will happen to the candle once it is heated?

• The candle will freeze

• The candle will stay the same.

• The candle will melt

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which item has the highest temperature?

• Hot Chocolate

• Ice Cream

• Soda

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Terry builds a model of a bridge for a science project using craft sticks and playdough like the one shown below. What makes a craft sticks a good choice for the structure?

• Craft sticks are flexible.

• Craft sticks are solid and do not bend easily.

• Craft sticks are flat and burn easily.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Mrs. Smith’s class makes the following fan from a piece of paper. What action caused a physical change to happen to the paper?

• Folding

• Sanding

• Cutting

A student wants to investigate the changes that happen to marshmallows when they are heated. He places a marshmallow and a pan into a hot oven. The picture shows the marshmallow before and after being placed in an oven. What happened to the marshmallow?

• The marshmallow evaporated.

• The marshmallow froze.

• The marshmallow melted.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Sally wants to build a birdhouse to hang outside. Which combination of materials would be best for her project?

• Jello and milk

• Water and sand

• Wood and glue

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Students observed water boiling, ice melting, chocolate melting, and ice cream freezing. They recorded what caused the materials to change in the data table below. What would be recorded in the area labeled Y?

• Heating

• Cooling

• Heating and Cooling

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which of the following things changes the physical properties of an object?

• Adding or taking away heat

• Looking at the object

• Talking about the object

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Students are classifying samples of matter on the table below. What should be recorded as the flexibility of the rock?

• flexible

• rough

• not flexible

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Suzie has a piece of wood that needs sanding. What will sanding do to the wood?

• change the shape and texture.

• make it rougher.

• turn into a liquid.