Topic 2 Review: Changes in Matter

Complete the sentence to describe what will happen when the stoppers are removed from the containers.

The liquid will ____________________________.

• will stay the same

• will be compacted

• will flow out of the container

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Complete the sentence to describe what will happen when the stoppers are removed from the containers.

The gas will ____________________________.

• will stay the same

• will flow out of the container

• will be compacted

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Rosa is going to pour the liquid substance from the container shown into a large bucket.

Which observation will Rosa most likely make?

• The mass of the liquid substance will increase.

• The liquid substance will immediately turn into a gas.

• The liquid substance will begin to change colors.

• The liquid substance will take the shape of its container.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Maria places a beaker of 20°C water on a burner and heats the water until it reaches 100°C. She measures the temperature and the mass of the beaker of water every minute for 12 minutes. The graph shows some of her results.

Select the graph that most likely shows Maria’s data for the mass of the beaker of water.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A class is observing the properties of materials. They made a list of their observations.

Which two properties would provide evidence of a substance’s state of matter?

• color

• volume

• weight

• shape

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Wes has two bricks of clay that are the same mass. He takes one brick of clay and slices it into separate pieces. He takes the pieces from the sliced brick and rolls each piece into a coil. He then uses the coils to make a clay pot.

Wes places the clay pot on one pan of the balance and the leftover clay brick on the other pan. Select the picture that shows what Wes will observe.

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Luke is looking for evidence of evaporation. Which two examples show that evaporation is occurring?

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Lakesha’s science group wants to know if a physical change occurs during an experiment. What evidence should they look for?

Choose the three correct answers.

• a shape change

• a temperature change

• a change in the type of matter

• a change in the state of matter

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Marco is observing how common substances respond to heat. His observations are shown in the table.

Based on Marco’s observations, heat caused a chemical change in which substance?

• broth

• cheese

• bread

• ice

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Jorge’s mom was working on a project one weekend. She left some nails outside on the patio for two weeks, and the nails got wet. The pictures show the nails before and after being left outside.

Based on the evidence in the pictures, what happened to the nails?

• The nails changed states of matter.

• The nails underwent a physical change.

• A chemical reaction occurred.

• A mixture was formed.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2