Classification of Matter Quiz

What are the different physical states or phases in which matter exists?

• Solid, liquid, gas

• Solid, plasma, vacuum

• Solid, liquid, gas, plasma

• Liquid, gas, plasma, ether

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What is an element?

• A type of matter that cannot be broken down into other substances by physical or chemical means

• A compound that can be broken down into simpler substances

• A mixture of two or more substances

• A chemical bond between two or more different atoms

Where can you find the letter symbols for elements?

• In a chemistry textbook

• On the Periodic Table of Elements

• In a dictionary

• In an encyclopedia

What is a compound?

• A single element in its pure form

• A mixture of elements and compounds

• A substance that consists of two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed ratio

• A type of matter that can be separated into elements by physical means

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How does a compound differ from the elements that form it?

• It has different properties or characteristics than the elements that form it

• It has the same properties as the elements that form it

• It is always a gas

• It cannot be used in chemical reactions

What are mixtures composed of?

• Two or more substances that are chemically combined.

• Two or more substances that are not chemically combined.

• A single substance that can be physically separated.

• A single chemically combined substance.

What happens to the substances in a mixture?

• They lose their original properties.

• They cannot be physically separated.

• They keep their original properties.

• They are present in a fixed ratio.

What is an example of a physical characteristic of matter?

• Acidity

• Melting Point

• Boiling Point

• Odor

• Combustion

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What is a characteristic of a chemical change?

• No new substances are created.

• It includes a rearrangement of atoms of one or more substances.

• The original substances keep their properties.

• Matter is not conserved.

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According to the law of conservation of matter, what happens when matter undergoes a physical or chemical change?

• New matter is formed

• The matter increases in mass

• Matter is neither created nor destroyed

• The matter decreases in mass

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