Properties of Materials - Ch. 2

When a substance is heated or cooled, its properties can change.

• True

• False

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If a substance doesn't change back to the way it was, it has become a different substance.

• True

• False

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Something that holds its shape and doesn’t make puddles, like rock or wood, is known to be a …

• Liquid

• gas

• solid

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Can you change solid ice back into water by warming it up?

• Yes, it can be melted back into liquid water.

• No, once the liquid water freezes into a solid it can’t be changed back.

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When you burn wood, it turns into ashes and smoke. Can you change the ashes back into wood?

• Yes, you can change the ashes back into wood.

• No, you can’t change the ashes back into wood.

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the first thing that makes another thing happen

• cause

• effect

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the result of something that happens

• cause

• effect

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What happens when you heat cornstarch and water? The mixture gets __________.

• runny, white, smooth, pourable, somewhat sticky or thin.

• thick, sticky, hard to spread, white, chunky or clumped together.

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Can heating a substance, such as cornstrach, and returning it to its original temperature make a better, stickier glue?

• Yes, it can make a substance stickier.

• No, it cannot make a substance stickier.

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