Topic 1- Matter Quiz

Which of these items has the highest density?

• Water

• Sand

• Oil

• Cannot be determined from the image

Which sentences explain the image? Choose all that apply.

• Density can be described based on an object’s ability to float or sink in water.

• The oil floats on water because it is less dense than water.

• The sand sinks in water because it is less dense than water.

• The sand and oil have equal levels of density.

A student is walking through a garden and observes different items in the environment. He creates this list of items he observes:

I. Flowers

II. Rain falling on flowers

III. Warm spring air

IV. Wax in a beehive

V. Honey in a beehive

Which items on the list are solids?

• Flowers and rain

• Flowers and wax in a beehive

• Rain, air, and wax

• Flowers, wax, honey

Look at the image. A table with various items including pins, nails, metal coins, soap paper, glass, plastic, and a wood board, with a bar magnet. Every student makes a prediction about which items the magnet will attract. Which student is most likely correct?

• Ben predicts the nails, the coins, and the glass.

• Rosalia predicts the pins, the nails, and the board.

• Allie predicts the pins and the coins.

• Kev predicts the pins and the nails.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Cara is doing an observation involving water and temperature. Pick the temperature that best finishes her report. When I got up this morning, I noticed the water on the frozen pond was solid. I checked the Celsius thermometer and saw the air temperature was _______.

• 33°C

• -7°C

• 28°C

• 7°C

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A toymaker wants to make a circus train toy for toddlers. Each car on the train will be separate, and he wants to use magnetized steel buttons to attach each car in the train to other cars. Which illustration shows the way the magnets should be attached to the circus cars to make them stay together?

• A only

• B only

• A and C

• B and C

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Look at the image of a cold day by a lake. Where should each diagram be placed?

• Diagram 1 in the snow; Diagram 2 in the lake; Diagram 3 in the air

• Diagram 1 in the lake; Diagram 2 in the snow; Diagram 3 in the air

• Diagram 1 in the air; Diagram 2 in the snow; Diagram 3 in the lake

• Diagram 1 in the lake; Diagram 2 in the air; Diagram 3 in the snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Cooking often involves making mixtures! An omelet is a mixture of eggs, vegetables, and cheese. Which of these sentences explains what happens when you mix eggs, vegetables, and cheese before cooking an omelet?

• The mass of the mixture is greater than the mass of the eggs, vegetables, and cheese.

• The mass of the mixture is less than the mass of the eggs, vegetables, and cheese.

• The mass of the mixture is the same as the mass of the eggs, vegetables, and cheese.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Marisol makes note cards with the steps for an investigation into separating mixtures. She drops the note cards, and they are no longer in order. Look at the steps written on the note cards. Which lists the steps in the correct order?

• 1, 4, 2, 3, 5

• 4, 1, 3, 5, 2

• 2, 3, 4, 5, 1

• 5, 1, 4, 3, 2

Which of these sentences describes the difference between a high-density substance and a low-density substance?

• A high-density substance floats in water, but a low-density substance sinks.

• A high-density substance sinks because it has more mass, and a low-density substance floats because it has less mass.

• A high-density substance sinks in water because it has too much mass, but a low-density substance floats because it has no mass.

• A high-density substance always sinks because it has less mass, but a low-density substance floats because it has more mass.