Matter

Mike tested two objects to see if they would float or sink when placed in water. What property of matter was Mike testing?

• shape

• flexibility

• volume

• buoyancy

__________, a property of matter, is the ability of an object to be stretched without breaking.

• Flexibility

• Shape

• Density

• Buoyancy

___________ is the amount of mass in a certain volume of matter.

• Mass

• Density

• Volume

• Size

The substances in a mixture are physically combined. Which of these statements therefore is true about mixtures?

• They are chemically combined too.

• They cannot be separated.

• They can be separated.

• The substances are identical.

__________ are units of measurements that can be used to measure the length of an object.

• Liters and gallons

• Milliliters and liters

• Meters and centimeters

• Grams and ounces

What unit of measurement can be used to measure the width of an object?

• meters and centimeters

• cups and ounces

• grams and liters

• gallons and pints

In a ________, the particles of matter are changed, which produces a new kind of matter.

• physical change

• chemical change

• heat change

A __________ is a substance that is made up of two or more types of atoms that are chemically combined.

• mixture

• compound

• solution

• piece of matter

Matter is any substance that has _______.

• mass and takes up space

• mass

• density

• a smell

Atoms are the basic building blocks of ___________.

• denisty

• volume

• matter

• air