Properties and Phases of Matter

The picture below shows a balloon filled with air. A teacher carefully pops the balloon with a pin. The students pick up the pieces of the balloon and compare them. Which of the following properties of the pieces should be most similar?

• color

• shape

• size

• weight

A student freezes some orange juice. Which of the following statements best describes how the orange juice is different after it is frozen?

• It is a liquid.

• It weighs more.

• It stays in one shape.

• It takes up less space.

Chris left a glass of water on a windowsill. When he looked at the glass a few days later, some of the water had evaporated. Which of the following best describes what happened to the particles of water that evaporated?

• They became larger in size.

• They spread out into the air.

• They were absorbed by the glass.

• They passed through the glass into the air.

Which phase of matter does not have a defined size or shape and it pours?

• solid matter

• oxygen gas

• gas matter

• liquid matter

What are the properties of solid matter?

• has no size or shape

• solids are invisible matter

• take the shape of its container

• has a definite size and shape

What happens to ocean water when the heat energy from the sun shines upon it?

• it condenses

• it melts

• it evaporates

• it freezes

Which is the BEST definition of all matter?

• Matter is what is used in baking

• Matter is anything that has mass

• Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space

• Matter is anything that takes up space

Sam drops a box of steel paper clips on the floor. What property can he use to help him pick up the clips?

• conductivity

• magnetism

• solubility

• color and shape

Which property is affected by the use of electrical insulators?

• hardness

• texture

• magnetism

• conductivity

Which of the following is a physical change?

• frying eggs

• cutting paper

• toasting bread

• burning wood