Classification and States of Matter Quiz

What is the characteristic property of a solid?

• Easy to compress

• No definite volume and no definite shape

• Definite shape and volume

• Definite volume but no definite shape

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material?

• Absolute zero

• Potential energy

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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What is a substance made of only one type of atom?

• Molecule

• Mixture

• Element

• Compound

What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide?

• C₂O₃

• C₂O

• CO₂

• CO

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the measure of the speed, or kinetic energy, of the particles in a material?

• Absolute zero

• Temperature

• Kinetic energy

• Thermometer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the stored energy due to the interactions between particles or objects?

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is the temperature at which particles would stop all motion?

• Absolute zero

• Boiling point

• Freezing point

• Room temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is matter with a composition that is always the same?

• Element

• Compound

• Mixture

• Molecule

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What is the energy of motion?

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the chemical formula for water?

• H2O

• HO2

• OH2

• HHO

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