Properties and States of Matter

Which property of matter describes the amount of space an object takes up?

• Mass

• Volume

• Inertia

• Elasticity

What is the property of matter that resists any change in its state of motion?

• Inertia

• Compressibility

• Divisibility

• Extension

Which property of matter means that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time?

• Elasticity

• Impenetrability

• Indestructibility

• Discontinuity

What is the property of matter that allows it to be divided into smaller parts?

• Divisibility

• Mass

• Volume

• Inertia

Which property allows matter to be compressed into a smaller volume?

• Elasticity

• Compressibility

• Indestructibility

• Extension

What is the property of matter that allows it to return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed?

• Elasticity

• Inertia

• Volume

• Discontinuity

Which property of matter means it cannot be destroyed, only transformed?

• Indestructibility

• Compressibility

• Divisibility

• Extension

What does the property of discontinuity mean about matter?

• It is continuous everywhere

• It is made up of tiny particles with spaces between them

• It cannot be divided

• It has no mass

Which property of matter refers to the amount of matter in an object?

• Volume

• Mass

• Elasticity

• Extension

What is the property of matter that refers to the space it occupies in three dimensions?

• Extension

• Inertia

• Divisibility

• Compressibility