Matter Quiz Review

What is matter?

• anything

• anything that takes up space

• words

• a form of measurement

What is the name for the tiny pieces of matter that make up everything we see?

• molecules

• particles

• air

• atoms

What makes matter solid?

• atoms that are far apart

• atoms that are heated up

• atoms that are close together

• none of these

When atoms can slide past each other, it means that the matter is in

• a liquid state

• a solid state

• a gaseous state

• all of these

Why do liquids not have definite shape?

• because they are packed tightly together

• because they have no volume

• because they are wet

• because the atoms are loosely packed together

What will the atoms of a gas do?

• try to spread out evenly

• collapse in on themselves

• arrange themselves into tight rows of fives

• break apart under pressure

What does mass measure?

• the weight of an object

• the height of an object

• the volume of an object

• the amount of matter an object has

What does volume measure?

• how dense an object is

• how much space an object takes up

• the numbers of atoms in an object

• none of these

What is the density of an object?

• how much volume an object has

• how tightly packed together the atoms in the object are

• how quickly the object reaches boiling point

• how quickly the matter of an object reaches melting point

Which object has the lowest density?

• rock

• baseball

• cork

• book