Free Printable Matter and Mixtures Unit Test

1.

In which of the following states of matter does a substance take the shape of its container?
I. solid
II. liquid
III. gas

a)

II Only

b)

II and III only

c)

I, II, and III

d)

III only

2.

Oliver has two glasses of water. Both glasses have the same amount of water in them. Oliver pours 5 grams of sugar into glass 1. He pours 10 grams of sugar into glass 2.

a)

Glass 1 has a higher concentration of sugar than glass 2.

b)

Glass 2 has a smaller number of sugar particles than glass 1.

c)

Glass 2 has a higher concentration of sugar than glass 1.

d)

Glass 1 and glass 2 both have the same concentration of sugar.

3.

Which of the following tools would be most helpful for separating a solid and a liquid?

a)

measuring cups

b)

balance

c)

filter paper

d)

ruler

4.

Which of the following phases of water has neither a definite shape nor a constant volume?

a)

none of these

b)

solid

c)

liquid

d)

gas

5.

Todd's mom is making a salad for his lunch. She adds lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, and onions to her bowl and stirs them together. How can Todd tell that the salad is a mixture and not all one substance?

a)

He has to put it in the refrigerator.

b)

He cannot pick out the ingredients.

c)

He still has to add the salad dressing.

d)

He can use his fingers to pick out the tomatoes.

6.

Kathy has a bucket of crayons. She digs through the crayons and pulls out all of the yellow ones. Which answer best describes Kathy's actions?

a)

separating a mixture by size

b)

separating a mixture by color

c)

making a mixture of solids

d)

making a mixture of colors

7.

Which is easier to separate into its ingredients, a mixture or a solution?

a)

you can not separate either

b)

solution

c)

a mixture that is not a solution

d)

both take equal efforts to separate

8.

How do water particles behave when they are in the gas state?

a)

The molecules do not move.

b)

the molecules can move short distances and vibrate slightly.

c)

The molecules are packed together in patterns.

d)

The molecules move freely and rapidly in all directions.

9.

Mrs. Harper has a cup full of paper clips. Some are made of metal and others are made of plastic. She wants to separate the metal paper clips from the plastic ones.

Which of these things would help her the most?

a)

a sifter

b)

a cup of water

c)

a filter

d)

a magnet

10.

Use the table to answer the question.

Which samples are solids?

a)

X and Y

b)

Y and Z

c)

W and Z

d)

W and X

11.

Anya is trying to get solid substances to dissolve in a glass of water. She has two substances to test, wooden pencil shavings and table salt. She adds the wooden pencil shavings to the glass of water and watches what happens.

What should she expect to see?

a)

The wooden pencil shavings float on top of the water and do not dissolve.

b)

The wooden pencil shavings dissolve in the water.

c)

The wooden pencil shavings sink to the bottom and do not dissolve.

d)

The wooden pencil shavings absorb the water and the water disappears.

12.

Filtering is most often used to separate

a)

a liquid from another liquid

b)

a liquid from a gas

c)

a gas from another gas

d)

a solid from a liquid

13.

James knows that all matter is made up of tiny particles. How are the particles that make up solid water different from the particles that make up liquid water?

a)

They are moving a little faster.

b)

They are much larger.

c)

They are at a higher temperature.

d)

They are moving more slowly.

14.

Sand and gravel in a mixture have the same properties as sand and gravel when they are not mixed.

Since gravel is bigger than sand,

a)

the sand and gravel can never be separated.

b)

the mixed sand and gravel have a lower volume.

c)

the sand and gravel can be separated with a sifter.

d)

the mixed sand and gravel will stick together.

15.

Angie went to the candy store to buy some jelly beans. She could not decide on only one flavor of bean, so she made a mixture by putting one scoop each of banana, chocolate, pineapple, and cherry into her bag.

How did the physical properties of the jelly beans change when Angie put them all in the bag together?

a)

Each jelly bean became banana split-flavored.

b)

Mixing made each of the jelly beans larger.

c)

The physical properties of the jelly beans did not change.

d)

All of the jelly beans turned brown.

16.

Pete had pieces of clay that were all the same except for the colors. Then, Pete mixed the clay together into one ball.

Pete's clay mixture likely had a different _______ than the clay he started with.

a)

smell

b)

color

c)

sound

d)

texture

17.

A science class is doing an investigation to separate materials. The table below shows how they plan to separate three groups of materials labeled X, Y, and Z.
Method of Separating Materials

Group Materials Way to Separate
X sand and water through a filter
Y salt and water let the water evaporate
Z salt, sand, and water filter sand out first, then let the water evaporate
What is the same about the three groups of materials X, Y, and Z?

a)

They each have only one part.

b)

They are all solutions.

c)

They are all mixtures.

d)

They are all solids.

18.

Lexi has gathered some sand from the beach. She puts the sand into a jar of water and leaves it on a table.

When she returns to look at the jar, she should see that

a)

the sand has dissolved.

b)

the sand has settled at the bottom.

c)

the sand has absorbed the water.

d)

the sand is floating on top of the water.

19.

A class has a mixture of sand, iron filings, and water. Four different students shared ideas of how to separate the mixture.
Which proposal would make separating the three parts of the mixture the fastest?

a)

First separate the water from the mixture by evaporation, and then separate the sand and iron filings by sifting.

b)

First separate the iron filings using a magnet, and then filter the sand out of the water.

c)

First filter the sand and iron filings out of the water, and then separate the sand and iron filings by hand.

d)

First separate the sand from the mixture by flotation, and then separate the water and iron filings by evaporation.

20.

Tina has a beaker filled with salt and water. If she adds more water to the beaker, the concentration of the solution will _______.

a)

decrease

b)

stay the same

c)

increase

d)

equal zero

21.

Mrs. Smith places a spoonful of coffee crystals in hot water to make a cup of instant coffee. In this case, the solvent is the _______ and the solute is the _______.

a)

spoon; cup

b)

water; coffee crystals

c)

coffee crystals; water

d)

cup; spoon

22.

Jody is trying to find out how much salt will dissolve in 200 mL of water. She adds salt to the beaker of water, but the salt seems to just sit on the bottom of the beaker.
What can Jody do to help the salt dissolve?

a)

add sugar

b)

add food coloring

c)

stir the water

d)

cool the water

23.

Danny is trying to figure out how fast sugar crystals can dissolve in water. He has already tested crystals of table sugar by just pouring packets of sugar into a bowl of room-temperature water.

Which should Danny try next if he wants to make the sugar dissolve faster?

a)

stir the water

b)

use larger crystals

c)

cool the water

d)

all of these

Matter and Mixtures Unit Test

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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