WorksheetsClassification of Matter
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not an element?
a)
water
b)
hydrogen
c)
carbon
d)
oxygen
2.
What type of substance is gelatin?
a)
solution
b)
compound
c)
colloid
d)
suspension
3.
How would you classify the color of a rose?
a)
chemical change
b)
physical property
c)
physical change
d)
chemical property
4.
Which of the following is a substance?
a)
compound
b)
solution
c)
colloid
d)
element
5.
Matter is defined as anything that _____
a)
can be weighted
b)
contains kinetic energy
c)
has mass and takes up space
d)
many colors
6.
Compounds are made from the atoms of two or more _______.
a)
solutions
b)
carbs
c)
mixtures
d)
elements
7.
A room full of smoke is an example of what kind of substance?
a)
colloid
b)
compound
c)
suspension
d)
solution
8.
What type of mixture is this?
a)
homogenous mixture
b)
chemical
c)
heterogeneous mixture
d)
solid mix
9.
Which of the following is NOT a mixture ?
a)
salt water
b)
oatmeal
c)
muddy water
d)
sugar
10.
The scattering of light by colloids is called _________.
a)
the Tyndall effect
b)
air pollution
c)
suspension
11.
A _____________ is a substance in which all the atoms in it are alike.
a)
element
b)
compound
c)
colloid
d)
mixture
12.
What is the SI unit for length?
a)
kilometers
b)
centimeters
c)
millimeters
d)
meters
13.
Chicken soup is an example of what kind of substance?
a)
homogenous mixture
b)
solution
c)
heterogeneous mixture
d)
compound
14.
What can compounds be broken down into?
a)
they cannot be broken down
b)
simpler substances
c)
homogeneous mixture
d)
a & c
15.
Which of the following is not an example of a physical property?
a)
reactivity
b)
boiling point
c)
density
d)
freezing point
16.
All matter can be divided into pure substances and ___?
a)
elements
b)
matter
c)
solutions
d)
mixtures
17.
Which best defines an atom ?
a)
smallest unit of matter
b)
energy of motion
c)
compound
d)
food
18.
Which of the following IS a mixture?
a)
air
b)
hydrogen
c)
water
d)
sugar
19.
A substance is......?
a)
yogurt
b)
mixture
c)
type of matter with a fixed composition or fixed ratio
d)
H2O
20.
A type of matter with a fixed composition?
a)
pure substance
b)
element
c)
colloid
d)
tyndall effect
21.
A material made up of 2 or more substances that can be easily separated by physical means is a ___?
a)
compound
b)
colloid
c)
mixture
d)
solution
22.
Fizzes violently when mixed is an example of what type of matter?
a)
chemical change
b)
physical property
c)
physical change
d)
chemical property
23.
Sugar solution is an example of what?
a)
pure substance
b)
element
c)
heterogeneous mixture
d)
homogeneous mixture
24.
3 examples of a physical change...?
a)
sawing of wood, crushing a can, & toasting a marshmaollow
b)
freezing water, bursting of a balloon, & rotting of an egg
c)
boiling of water, bursting of a balloon, & crumpling a piece of paper
d)
evaporation of gasoline, rusting a nail, & freezing of water
25.
Any characteristic of a material that you can observe without changing the identity of the substances...?
a)
chemical change
b)
physical property
c)
chemical change
d)
property
26.
An object that floats in water is an example of what type of property?
a)
physical property
b)
chemical property
27.
Do solutions scatter light?
a)
yes
b)
no
28.
A material that can be represented by a chemical formula...?
a)
compound
b)
mixture
c)
suspension
d)
chemical property
29.
How would you classify the color of a rose?
a)
chemical change
b)
physical property
c)
physical change
d)
chemical property
30.
Which of the following can only be observed when it is changing composition?
a)
chemical property
b)
physical property
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