Matter

What is matter?

• A type of energy that can be seen or felt

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• A specific kind of liquid

• A form of gas that is visible

Which of the following best describes a solid?

• A substance that flows freely

• An air-like substance with molecules very far apart

• A firm stable substance, with molecules very close together

• A substance that takes the shape of its container

What is a liquid?

• A firm stable substance with molecules very close together

• A substance that takes the shape of an object and flows freely

• An air-like substance with molecules very far apart

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

How is a gas different from solids and liquids?

• It is a firm stable substance

• It takes the shape of its container and flows freely

• It has molecules very close together

• It is an air-like substance with molecules very far apart

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Match the following

• element

• a substance that consists of two or more different atoms

• mixture

• a substance that consists of just one type of atom

• matter

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• compound

• a combination of two or more substances physically blended together

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One particle of table salt (NaCl) is best described as a (a)   .

• atom

• compound

• element

• mixture

Answer explanation

Table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made up of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), chemically bonded together.

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What are properties in the context of a substance?

• A change that does not result in a new substance

• The process in which water changes states

• A change that results in a new substance being formed

• The characteristics of a substance

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What is a chemical change?

• A change that does not result in a new substance

• The characteristics of a substance

• The process in which water changes states

• A change that does result in a new substance being formed

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What is condensation?

• Liquid water turning into a gas

• Water vapor turning into a liquid

• Water draining freely off the surface of something

• Liquid water turning into a gas

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What does evaporation refer to?

• Water vapor turning into a liquid

• Water draining freely off the surface of something

• Liquid water turning into a gas

• Liquid in a water turning into a gas

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