Matter Test

The separate atoms that make up a wooden table cannot be seen because the atoms are

• too small

• moving too fast

• packed tightly together

• hidden beneath the surface

A student put 200 milliliters (mL) of water into a pot, sets the pot on a burner, and heats the water to boil.  When the pot is taken off the burner, it contains only 180 milliliters (mL) of water.  What happened to the rest of the water?

• It was used up

• It condensed

• It turned into water vapor

• It was absorbed by the heat

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Materials made of the same substance will have characteristics in common. Which property is most likely to remain constant (the same) in different samples of the same material?

• mass

• shape

• density

• volume

When water changes from a liquid to a gas and then the steam condenses back to the liquid form, these types of changes are

• physical

• chemical

• electrical

• mechanical

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Which of these factors affects how fast a sound wave moves?

• The kind of material it is moving through.

• The wavelength of the disturbance in the medium

• The amplitude of the sound wave's vibrations

• The type of motion that caused the sound wave to form.

What is the smallest part of a gold ring that is still gold?

• an atom

• a molecule

• an electron

• a compound

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Which of these is an example of water changing from water vapor to liquid?

• moisture forming on a mirror when you breathe on it

• sweat forming on your body when you exercise

• ice cubes melting when you put them in a warm liquid

• rivers drying up during a very hot summer

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The speed of atoms is often affected by temperature. The diagrams show water at three different temperatures. In which picture are the atoms of water moving the fastest? *

• 1

• 2

• 3

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When liquid water freezes, it forms ice. What is the physical state of an ice cube?

• gas

• liquid

• solid

• plasma

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Anita heats a beaker containing water. As the temperature of the water increases, which change to the water molecules occurs? *

• The molecules move at a faster rate.

• The molecules become more massive.

• The molecules expand and become wider.

• The molecules separate into atoms of hydrogen and oxygen.

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