Changes in Matter

You have two beakers. One is filled with liquid and the other is gas. If you take off the caps, the liquid will​ (a)   ​ and the gas ​ will​ ​ (b)   ​ ​

• stay the same
• flow out of the container
• be compacted
• explode
• break the lid

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

Properties of Materials

hardness
magnetism
volume
weight
color
shape

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

• shape

• • volume

• color

• 
  weight

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Water forms on the outside of a cold drink. Is it

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

Which picture shows evaporation?

• A

• • B

• C

• 
  D

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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

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

How Different Substances Respond to Heat

Substance Observations

BROTH: temperature increased, small bubbles formed

CHEESE: temperature increased, cheese melted

BREAD: temperature increased, color changed, and black ashes came off

ICE: temperature increased ice melted
Based on Marco’s observations, heat caused a chemical change in which substance? 

• Broth

• Cheese

• Bread

• Ice

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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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What is a chemical change?

• Forming a new substance

• When two or more substances combine to make a greater one

• When two or more substances combine to make a new chemical substance

• Combing substances

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