What's the Matter?

What causes ice cream to melt?

• The particles are moving slowly and vibrating in place.

• The particles move quickly and slide past each other.

• The particles stop moving completely.

• The particles only move when the temperature changes suddenly.

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True or false: You can remove plastic cubes from a salt and sand mixture easily using a sieve.

• True

• False

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What change happens that causes gas to form from liquid water?

• A chemical change happens to produce gas.

• The heat speeds up, causing a chemical reaction.

• The heat slows down and a physical change happens.

• The heat speeds up and a physical change happens.

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True or false: You can remove iron fillings from a salt and sand mixture easily using a sieve.

• True

• False

If you have a sugar-water mixture of with sand and iron fillings, why would you use a filter in a funnel?

• To remove the water.

• To find all the iron fillings.

• To remove the sugar.

• To separate the sand from the mixture.

What tool can you use to remove iron from a mixture?

• Magnet.

• Evaporation.

• Tweezers.

• Strainer.

Which statement is true about making a substance dissolve quickly in water?

• Add pebbles and stir with a spoon.

• Add salt and increase the temperature of the water.

• Put the water outside in the sunlight.

• Add sand and put ice in the water.

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What are properties of matter?

• The characteristics of a substance.

• The way the objects move.

• How the particles vibrate.

• How the substances dissolve.

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What is true about the picture?

• Both the ice and water have definite shape and volume.

• Both the ice and water have a definite mass but not shape.

• Both the ice and water have a definite mass, but only liquid has a definite shape.

• Both the ice and water have volume and mass, but the ice has a definite shape.

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What is true about gas?

• It will not fill the shape of the container.

• It will take the shape of the container.

• It will fill the container.

• It has its own shape and structure.