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WorksheetsPhase of Matter grade 4
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is matter?
a)
Anything that takes up space and has mass
b)
Anything that does not have mass.
c)
Anything that does not take up space.
2.
What is a property?
a)
Tells us how matter looks, feels, smells, sounds, and tastes.
b)
Tells us the shape of matter
c)
Tells us the color of matter.
d)
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
3.
A solid can be poured into a new container.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Liquids have...
a)
the shape of the container
b)
no shape
5.
What state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
6.
Which state of matter has a definite volume but no real shape of its own?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
7.
Which state of matter has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
8.
What is the amount of space that matter fills?
a)
area
b)
space
c)
pressure
d)
volume
9.
When you see steam, fog or clouds, which state of matter is it?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
10.
What is the change of state from a solid to a liquid?
a)
boiling
b)
freezing
freezing
freezing
c)
melting
11.
What is the change of state from a liquid to a solid?
a)
solidification
b)
condensation
c)
melting
d)
evaporation
12.
What is the change of state from a liquid to a gas?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
vaporization
d)
boiling
13.
What is vaporization that takes place below and at the surface of a liquid?
a)
evaporization
b)
sublimation
c)
condensation
d)
boiling
14.
What is the reverse of vaporization?
a)
evaporization
b)
condensation
c)
sublimation
d)
boiling
15.
What is it called when water vapor changes into liquid droplets?
a)
evaporation
b)
sublimation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
16.
Which one is a colorless gas that you cannot see?
a)
steam
b)
water vapor
c)
clouds
d)
fog
17.
Name the three states of matter:
a)
crystalline, amorphous, solid
b)
solid, liquid, gas
c)
energy, matter, mass
d)
solid, fluid, liquid
18.
The opposite of freezing is:
a)
melting
b)
vaporization
c)
condensation
19.
The opposite of melting is:
a)
melting
b)
freezing
c)
sublimation
20.
When you place an ice cube on a hot plate this change in phase first occurs:
a)
freezing
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
21.
What is the reverse of vaporization?
a)
evaporization
b)
condensation
c)
sublimation
d)
boiling
22.
When liquid particles LOSE energy and slow down so much they become fixed in place:
a)
melting
b)
vaporization
c)
condensation
d)
freezing
23.
What is vaporization that takes place ONLY on the surface of a liquid?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporization
c)
boiling
d)
sublimation
24.
What process takes place when a puddle of water dries up on a sidewalk?
a)
melting
b)
freezing
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
25.
What is it called when particles of a gas (carbon dioxide) do not pass through the liquid state as they form a gas?
a)
sublimation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
thermal energy
26.
What is a solid?
a)
it keeps its shape and size
b)
it takes the shape of the container that holds it
c)
it has no shape, and spreads to fill the space they are in
d)
it changes with a temperature change
27.
What is a liquid?
a)
feels wet and have no shape of their own
b)
feels soft
c)
feels hard
d)
feels squishy
28.
What is an example of a liquid?
a)
ice cubes
b)
paper
c)
milk
d)
ballons
29.
How can you describe this picture?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
30.
How can you describe this picture?
a)
liquide
b)
gas
c)
solid
31.
What are three common phases of matter?
a)
solid, liquid and gas
b)
atom, element and molecule
c)
mixture, solution and compound
d)
mass, volume and temperature
32.
Matter is anything that has _________ and _________.
a)
length and width
b)
mass and volume
c)
a boiling point and a freezing point
d)
size and shape
33.
The smallest particles of matter are __________.
a)
elements
b)
compounds
c)
atoms
d)
molecules
34.
Mass is usually measured in __________.
a)
milliliters and liters
b)
millimeters, centimeters, meters and kilometers
c)
degrees Celsius
d)
grams and kilograms
35.
Scientists most often measure the volume of a fluid in __________.
a)
milliliters and liters
b)
degrees Celsius
c)
millimeters, centimeters, meters and kilometers
d)
grams and kilograms
36.
Particles in a __________ have very little movement and the object keeps its shape and volume.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
37.
Water becomes a solid when __________.
a)
temperature is increased
b)
temperature is decreased
38.
Gases __________.
a)
have a fixed shape
b)
are easily compressed
c)
have particles that do not flow easily
d)
have a definite volume
39.
Solids __________.
a)
take the shape of their container
b)
have a fixed shape
c)
are compressible
d)
have particles that flow easily
40.
Compress means to __________.
a)
flatten by pressure
b)
increase temperature
c)
melt
d)
decrease mass
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