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3.2–What Needs to Happen to a Material so that I Can Smell It?

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You have learned that solids, liquids, and gases are called states of matter. They can also be called ____________ of matter.

a)

foods

b)

phases

c)

oceans

d)

places

2.

In science, state of matter and phase of matter both refer to the physical forms that ______________ can be in. You are studying three states or phases: solid, liquid, and gas.

a)

mass

b)

matter

c)

meters

d)

chairs

3.

When you take a hot shower, you see ____________. Steam is not the same as water vapor.

a)

hail

b)

steam

c)

rain

d)

sleet

4.

_____________ is a word to describe a large amount of water in the air. The water is in the gas phase, so you do not see it, but you feel it.

a)

Hail

b)

Humid

c)

Sheet

d)

Snow

5.

When candle wax is liquid, it is easy to pour. A candle maker pours the ___________ wax into a container.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

vapor

d)

water

6.

Solids has a definite shape/its own shape and definite ______________.

a)

sled

b)

volume

c)

vapor

d)

chair

7.

People use words like small and ________ to mean the same thing.

a)

big

b)

little

c)

huge

d)

enormous

8.

___________ and sofa describe the same piece of furniture.

a)

Crunch

b)

Couch

c)

Cows

d)

Crown

9.

You are studying three states or phases: __________, liquid, and gas.

a)

green

b)

solid

c)

super

d)

slime

10.

In class you learned that when water is in the gas phase, it is in the air. Water as a gas is called water _____________.

a)

vases

b)

vapor

c)

vans

d)

slime

11.

Your eyes do not detect water vapor. Your nose does not detect water _____________.

a)

gas

b)

vapor

c)

liquid

d)

solid

12.

Some people say that humidity makes their _____________ frizzy.

a)

smile

b)

hair

c)

eyes

d)

ears

13.

Humidity is one way that people can detect ___________ in the gas phase in the air around them.

a)

gas

b)

water

c)

liquid

d)

solid

14.

A solid material becomes a liquid material by _______________. (This is one example of a phase change.)

a)

gas

b)

melting

c)

liquid

d)

solid

15.

A candle maker pours the _______________ wax into a container. Containers can be many shapes and many sizes

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

noodles

16.

A liquid material becomes a solid material by freezing. (_______________ is another example of a phase change.)

a)

Solid

b)

Freezing

c)

Liquid

d)

Gas

17.

It was easier to smell menthol odor when it was a gas.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

In class, tiny crystals formed on the glass, away from where the menthol was heated.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Water can exist in all three states. In fact, all ___________ can exist as a solid, a liquid, and a gas.

a)

solid

b)

matter

c)

liquid

d)

gas

20.

You are breathing gaseous oxygen in the _________.

a)

solid

b)

air

c)

liquid

d)

gas

21.

Air has volume; it takes up ____________.

a)

gas

b)

space

c)

liquid

d)

solid

22.

_______________ fill the space of a container, gases also take the shape of the container.

a)

Gases

b)

Solids

c)

Ice

23.

What is a Solid?

a)

No definite shape but Volume

b)

No definite shape and Volume

c)

Definite shape and Volume

24.

Something that takes up space and has mass.

a)

volume

b)

matter

c)

mass

d)

density

25.

What is Liquid?

a)

No definite shape but Volume

b)

No definite shape and Volume

c)

Definite shape and Volume

26.

What is gas?

a)

No definite shape but Volume

b)

No definite shape and Volume

c)

Definite shape and Volume

27.

In science, models are helpful in many ways. In general, scientists develop models and use them to explain _______________.

a)

desks

b)

phenomena

c)

pupils

d)

questions

28.

A model that helps you describe what you know about odors today might not help you explain what you learn about ___________ later in this unit.

a)

sight

b)

taste

c)

odors

d)

feeling

29.

Wherever you are— in a classroom, outside,on a bus, at home— you can smell ____________ because they become part of the air.

a)

experiences

b)

odors

c)

pumpkins

d)

muffins

30.

Here at BMS, Our mission is to ensure a strong community by delivering an exemplary and equitable education to ALL students.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

Here at BMS, our Core Values:

Bulldogs will be Respectful, R_______________, and Positive Role Models

a)

Rulers

b)

Responsible

c)

Raisins

32.

Another way to say "states of matter" is __________ .

a)

phases of matter

b)

cities of matter

c)

characters of matter

d)

ways of matter

33.

The three phases of matter are ...

a)

solid, liquid, and gas.

b)

soil, lakes, and water

c)

earth, wind, and fire

d)

electrical, hydro, and solar

34.

Which is an example of a phase change?

a)

an ice cube freezing

b)

candle wax melting

c)

cutting an apple into slices

d)

cooking fish in an oven

35.

Water in the gas state is called __________ .

a)

water vapor

b)

ice

c)

snow

d)

hail

36.

All matter can exist as a gas if __________ .

a)

it gets hot enough

b)

it gets cold enough

c)

it stays at room temperature long enough

d)

it is electrified

37.

Air is matter because it has ______ and _____.

a)

mass, volume

b)

humidity, particles

c)

liquid, molecules

38.

Air is a _____.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

39.

Which is not a characteristic of all matter?

a)

All matter has mas.

b)

All matter takes up space.

c)

All matter is made of atoms.

d)

All matter has color.