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Chemistry of Smell

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is all matter made up of?
a)
Air
b)
Particles
c)
Water
d)
Carbon
2.
What is true of all matter?
a)
It has particles
b)
It has volume 
c)
It has mass
d)
All are correct
3.
What is another name for a particle?
a)
Atom
b)
Element
c)
Ion
d)
Nucleus
4.
Which of the following is a detector?
a)
Proton
b)
Atom
c)
Nose
d)
State of Matter
5.
Which of the following behaviors of gas would have the most empty space between particles?
a)
Expanded Air
b)
Room Air
c)
Compressed Air
d)
No Air
6.
Which of the following behaviors of gas would have the least empty space between particles?
a)
Expanded Air
b)
Room Air
c)
Compressed Air
d)
Heated Air
7.
Which state of matter has the largest particles?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Particles are always the same size
8.
Which of the following is in the solid form?
a)
Water
b)
Lava
c)
Water Vapor
d)
Baseball
9.
What are smells made of?
a)
Atoms
b)
Invisible solid matter
c)
Smells don't actually exist
d)
Nothing
10.
Does air have mass?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Sometimes
11.
Is air matter?
a)
Yes
b)
No
12.
What is an element?
a)
A substance made of different atoms
b)
A substance made of only one type of atom
c)
A substance with one atom
d)
A substance in the solid form
13.
What is a molecule?
a)
A substance made of different atoms
b)
A substance made of the same atoms
c)
An atom
d)
A substance in the gaseous form
14.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of matter?
a)
Color
b)
Shape
c)
Hardness
d)
Melting Point
15.
Which of the following can be used to determine whether two elements are the same?
a)
Color
b)
Hardness
c)
Malleability
d)
All of these can be used
16.
What happens to particles when they heat up?
a)
The particles move more slowly
b)
The particles move more quickly
c)
The particles stop moving 
d)
The particles break apart into protons
17.
Why do particles move quicker when they are heated up?
a)
The particles move quicker, causing the heat to increase
b)
They try to move away from the heat
c)
The particles don't actually move quicker
d)
The heat energy is transfered to the particles
18.
Which temperature would have the most space between particles?
a)
Hot air
b)
Cold air
c)
Room temp
d)
They all have the same amount of space
19.
What causes evaporation?
a)
The particles in liquid can sometimes escape the surface of the liquid and become gas particles
b)
The particles react with the air, which causes particles to be pulled out.
c)
The liquid dries at the surface
d)
Water vapor goes into a liquid.
20.
Scientifically speaking, what is temperature?
a)
How hot something is
b)
How cold something is
c)
How quickly particles move around in a substance
d)
When you're sick, you get one.
21.
Why does water boil at the bottom of a pot first?
a)
Because the bottom has more particles than the top
b)
Because of the shape of the pot
c)
Because that is where the heat energy is
d)
Because boiling water is heavier than cooler water
22.
What causes condensation on the side of a glass of ice water?
a)
Water seeps through the side of the cup
b)
Water vapor comes from air around the cup 
c)
Hydrogen and oxygen outside of the cup mix to form water vapor
d)
The water comes from inside the cup
23.
Which element has a chemical symbol of O?
a)
Uranium
b)
Helium
c)
Carbon
d)
Oxygen
24.
What is condensation?
a)
When water vapors cool and move closer together
b)
When water vapors escape from the surface of a liquid
c)
When water is heated up, it can make the particles change to gas
d)
When ice melts to become water
25.
What is true of particles in a solid form?
a)
They don't move
b)
They move very slowly
c)
They move quickly
d)
They are less organized 
26.
What happens when water boils?
a)
The heat breaks water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen gas
b)
The water becomes gaseous water vapor
c)
The particles are moving so quickly, air can get into the water
d)
None of these
27.
Is it possible that two elements can have the same properties?
a)
Yes
b)
No
28.
Which of the following is a chemical formula?
a)
Gaseous Water
b)
C
c)
C6H12O6
d)
Oxygen + Hydrogen = Water
29.
What element has the chemical symbol H?
a)
Helium
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Hiron
d)
Carbon
30.
What is carbon's chemical symbol?
a)
H
b)
Ca
c)
Cl
d)
C