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Chapter 8 Matter

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the states of matter?
a)
solid, liquid, and juice
b)
solid and liquid
c)
solid and gas
d)
solid, liquid, and gas
2.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of all different types of matter?
a)
They are made of atoms and molecules
b)
The particles are always in motion
c)
The particles always move at the same speed
d)
They are made of particles that are too small to see
3.
State of matter with no definite shape or volume.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
Mississippi
4.
The change of state from a liquid to a solid
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
d)
boiling
5.
Change of state from a solid to a liquid.
a)
sublimation
b)
deposition
c)
freezing
d)
melting
6.
What is the change of state from a gas to a liquid called?
a)
deposition
b)
sublimation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
7.
Change of state from a solid directly to a gas is called
a)
deposition
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
d)
sublimation
8.
What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?
a)
evaporation
b)
burning
c)
melting
d)
freezing
9.
How is a gas defined?
a)
no shape, no volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, no shape
10.
Molecules are closest together in a 
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
plasma
11.
Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.
a)
True
b)
False
liquid
12.
Define a liquid
a)
no shape, no volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, no shape
13.
The steam coming off the pot of boiling water is an example of....
a)
a solid becoming a liquid
b)
a liquid becoming a solid
c)
a liquid becoming a gas
d)
a gas becoming a liquid
14.
A puddle of water seemed to disappear. The heat caused the water to -
a)
melt
b)
condense
c)
evaporate
d)
cool
15.
Which state of matter has molecules that move fastest and spread to fill the space they are in?  They do not form any pattern.
a)
solid 
b)
liquid 
c)
gas
16.
What is matter?
a)
a pure substance
b)
anything that occupies space and possesses mass
c)
an element
d)
a compound
17.
A measure of the amount of matter in an object. 
a)
Weight
b)
Mass
18.
Which of the following is not a chemical property? 
a)
rusting 
b)
boiling 
c)
rotting 
d)
burning 
19.
What is reactivity?
a)
how a substance combines physically with another substance
b)
how a substance combines chemically with another substance 
20.
What is the measure of how much space an object takes up?
a)
matter
b)
volume
c)
substance
d)
properties
21.
Which one of these is a chemical property?
a)
melting point
b)
boiling point
c)
color
d)
flammability
22.
Ability to rust is this type of property:
a)
Physical property
b)
Chemical property
23.
Which is an example of a physical property?
a)
ability to react with acid
b)
 state of matter
c)
flammability
d)
ability to react with oxygen
24.
Which of the following is a chemical change?
a)
human digestion
b)
cutting a tree down
c)
melting a chocolate bar
d)
Has a density of 1 gm/mL
25.
What kind of properties can only be observed when a substance changes into a different substance?
a)
physical properties
b)
chemical properties
c)
liquid properties
d)
real properties
26.
Properties that can be observed without trying to change the identity of the substance.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
27.
The tool used to measure the mass of a substance or object is a ______________.
a)
balance
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
ruler
d)
thermometer
28.
Physical properties are
a)
properties that can be observed without changing the identity of the substance
b)
properties that describe how a substance changes into a completely different substance
29.
Which of the following is a chemical property?
a)
flexibility
b)
ability to corrode
c)
temperature
d)
texture
30.
Which of the following is a physical property?
a)
melting point
b)
flammability
c)
ability to rust
31.
Which of the following is a chemical property?
a)
ability to rust
b)
ability to conduct heat
c)
volume
d)
magnetic
32.
coloring frosting on a cake
a)
physical change
b)
chemical change
33.
campfire 
a)
physical 
b)
chemical 
34.
Properties that can be observed without trying to change the identity of the substance.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
35.
Is melting point of a substance a physical or chemical property?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
36.
Which of the following properties is a physical property?
a)
magnetism
b)
reaction
c)
flammability
d)
combustion
37.
By looking at the molecules below, what state of matter is shown?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Matter
38.
this is an example of?
a)
physical change
b)
chemical change
39.
Which of the following is a good conductor of heat?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
40.
Which of the following is not a chemical property? 
a)
rusting 
b)
boiling 
c)
rotting 
d)
burning 
41.
Which of the following is a chemical property?
a)
ability to rust
b)
ability to conduct heat
c)
volume
d)
magnetic
42.
Which type of property is the ability to conduct electricity?
a)
physical property
b)
chemical property
43.
This is an example of a
a)
physical change
b)
chemical change
44.
Flammability is an example of what property?
a)
Chemical property
b)
Physical property
45.
Which is NOT a physical property?
a)
odor
b)
reacts with acid
c)
ability to conduct electric current
d)
hardness
46.
What is anything that has mass and takes up space?
a)
matter
b)
substance
c)
chemistry
d)
property
47.
Which of the following is an example of MATTER?
a)
light
b)
air
c)
gravity
d)
sound
48.
Which of the following is NOT an example of matter?
a)
rain
b)
Mars
c)
heat
d)
air
49.
Luster is a 
a)
physical property
b)
chemical property
50.
Solubility is the
a)
ability to be scratched
b)
ability to be hammered into thin sheets
c)
how shiny it is
d)
ability to dissolve
51.
Burning paper is an example of this change:
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
53.
Which of the following is a sign that a chemical reaction has occurred?
a)
change in shape
b)
melting
c)
formation of a gas
d)
dissolving
53.
Which of the following is a sign that a chemical reaction has occurred?
a)
change in shape
b)
melting
c)
formation of a gas
d)
dissolving
54.
Is melting butter for popcorn a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
55.
Is bleaching your hair a physical or chemical change?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
56.
Is burning wood a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
57.
Is squeezing oranges to make orange juice a physical or chemical change?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
58.
Cutting your hair?
a)
Physical Change
b)
Chemical Change
59.
What happens when a piece of wood burns?
a)
A physical change takes place.
b)
A chemical change takes place.
c)
The wood loses its gravity.
d)
The wood loses its inertia.
60.
The diagram below shows changes happening to water in a specially shaped bottle.
What changes did the water undergo?
a)
melting and then freezing
b)
freezing and then evaporation
c)
condensation and then melting
d)
evaporation and then condensation
61.
The drops of water that appear on the outside of a glass of cold juice on a warm day are an example of?
a)
sublimation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
62.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
63.
What is the boiling point of water
a)
0 C
b)
100 F
c)
50 C
d)
100 C
64.
What is happening at the boiling point?
a)
liquid to gas
b)
gas to liquid
c)
solid to liquid
d)
liquid to solid
65.
What is water's freezing point?
a)
0 F
b)
32 C
c)
50 C
d)
0 C
66.
What is happening at freezing point?
a)
gas to liquid
b)
solid to liquid
c)
liquid to solid
d)
liquid to gas
67.
How can you describe matter?
a)
properties
b)
traits
c)
characterisctics
d)
how, when, what, and who
68.
Do all matter have the same boiling, melting, and freezing points
a)
Yes
b)
No
69.
Freezing, condensation and deposition are all changes that involve ______________.
a)
increase in temperature/energy
b)
decrease in temperature/energy
70.
Which state of matter is described as having fast-moving high energy particles that are far apart?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
Ohio
71.
Vaporization that only take place on the surface of a liquid 
a)
Boiling 
b)
Evaporation
c)
Vaporization
d)
Solid 
72.
When a puddle of water dries up this process is called
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Melting
d)
Freezing
73.
Molecules are farthest apart in a 
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
74.
Increasing the energy of particles will cause the particles to
a)
Move faster and spread out
b)
Slow down move closer together
c)
Get bigger
d)
Get smaller
75.
All phase changes are caused by an increase of decrease in energy.
a)
True
b)
False
76.
The temperature at which a substance in the liquid state freezes is the same as the temperature at which the substance_________- 
a)
melts
b)
sublimes
c)
boils
d)
condenses
77.
melting point
a)
TEMPERATURE at which a substance melts
b)
THERMOMETER at which a substance melts
78.
212 degrees F
a)
Melting point
b)
Freezing point
c)
Boiling point
d)
Evaporation point
79.
32 degrees F
a)
Melting point
b)
Freezing point
c)
Boiling point
d)
Both melting & freezing point
80.
Which of the three states represents a liquid? How do you know?
a)
State A
b)
State B
c)
State C
d)
None
81.
Which shows a gas, where particles are moving, spreading out, and filling the space available?
a)
State A
b)
State B
c)
State C
d)
None
82.
If you wanted to change liquid water into solid ice, you would ______ it.
a)
add salt
b)
melt
c)
freeze
d)
boil
83.
At ____ degrees Celsius water freezes into a solid.
a)
0
b)
32
c)
50
d)
63
84.
The mirror in the bathroom during a shower becomes foggy because warmer water vapor in the air hits the cooler surface of the mirror.
a)
sublimation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
freezing