Matter

Eric has two graduated cylinders. They are the same size and shape. They each have the same amount of water. What does the change in water level tell you?

• All matter has mass

• The sphere has no mass

• All matter take up space

• The amount of water changed

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Pat wants to sort these balls using a physical property. She decides to sort them by volume. What best describes the volume of a ball?

• the amount of air it takes to fill a ball

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  the sound a ball makes when it bounces

• the measurement of length around the widest part of a ball

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  the measurement of length from one side of a ball to the other

Why can a magnet pick up an iron nail but not a bird feather?

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  Iron is magnetic.

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  The feather is too light.

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  Iron nails are harder than feathers.

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  The feather has a greater mass than the iron nail. 

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Josie has a jar of pennies she has saved. She puts it on a balance with some gram weights.What is the weight of the jar of pennies?

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  320 grams

• 300 grams

• 280 grams

• 200 grams

Tamara filled a cup of water. The picture below shows Tamara placing the water in the freezer. Over time, what will happen to the water?

• Energy will be added, and the water will change into a gas.

• Energy will be added, and the water will change into a solid.

• Energy will be removed, and the water will change into a gas.

• Energy will be removed, and the water will change into a solid.

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The three states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas. Which process changes water vapor into liquid water?

• Condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

• melting

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Four students make toy cars out of plastic building blocks. They measure the mass of the cars using a balance. They take the cars apart, place all the individual blocks on a balance, and measure the mass again. They record their measurements in the chart below.

Which student correctly measured the car when it was together and apart?

• Student 1 because the car would gain mass when it is taken apart

• Student 2 because the car will have the same mass together or apart

• Student 3 because the car will lose a great deal of mass when it is taken apart

• Student 4 because the car will lose a small amount of mass when it is taken apart

Aiden uses a balance to measure the mass of an apple. He finds that it is 224 g. He then cuts up the apple into four parts of varying sizes.

What can he conclude?

• The mass of each part is 56 g.

• The sum of the masses of the parts is 224 g.

• Each part has a mass that is slightly less than 56 g.

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  Each part has a mass that is slightly greater than 56 g.

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Susan places two magnets on her desk as shown below. 

What will happen as Susan slides the south end of Magnet 1 closer to the north end of

Magnet 2?

• The magnets will repel each other.

• The magnets will attract each other.

• The magnetic fields will become weaker.

• The magnetic fields will become stronger.

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Jill has a magnet and two needles. The magnet attracts both needles, but the needles do not attract each other. She strokes one needle with the magnet 30 times. Then she puts the magnet on the other side of the room. What happens when she moves the two needles near each other?

• They do not move.

• They move away from each other.

• They both move toward the magnet.

• They move toward each other and stick.

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