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Properties of Matter

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 3 types of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Circle

c)

Liquid

d)

Gas

e)

Triangle

2.

What type of matter is this?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

3.

What is matter?

a)

It is like energy, but a little different

b)

The force that holds the Earth together

c)

Anything that takes up space and has mass

d)

A large animal that lives in Canada

4.

Which is NOT a physical change?

a)

Change in size

b)

Change in type of substance

c)

Change in shape

d)

Change in state

5.

Which is NOT a chemical change?

a)

produces light

b)

change in temperature

c)

change in size

d)

produces smell

6.

Crushing a can is a ______________.

a)

physical change

b)

chemical change

c)

no change

7.

A rotting banana is a ___________________.

a)

physical change

b)

chemical change

c)

no change

8.

At the beginning of class, a beaker is filled with ice. At the end of class . . .

a)

the mass increased because liquid water weighs more than ice.

b)

the mass stayed the same because matter is conserved.

c)

the mass decreased ice weighs more than liquid water.

9.

What is a mixture?

a)

Two substances that are mixed together and can be separated.

b)

A mixture that is evenly mixed; sometimes one substance appears to vanish.

c)

A change that does not affect the type of substance.

d)

A change that makes a new type of substance.

10.

What is a solution?

a)

Two substances that are mixed together and can be separated.

b)

A mixture that is evenly mixed; sometimes one substance appears to vanish.

c)

A change that does not affect the type of substance.

d)

A change that makes a new type of substance.

11.

What is one similarity between solutions and mixtures?

a)

Both are separated through evaporation

b)

Both are easily separated by hand

c)

Both are a physical combination of 2 or more substances

d)

Both change their physical properties

12.

What is one difference between solutions and mixtures?

a)

Mixtures are difficult to separate, whereas solutions are easy to separate.

b)

Mixtures do not form new physical properties, whereas solution might form new physical properties.

c)

Mixtures are mixtures, whereas solutions are mixtures.

13.

What is an atom?

a)

The smallest whole unit of matter

b)

A type of matter made up of only one kind of atom

c)

Join very tightly or stick together

d)

Group of two or more atoms that are bonded together

e)

Molecules that are made up of two or more different elements

14.

What is a bond?

a)

The smallest whole unit of matter

b)

A type of matter made up of only one kind of atom

c)

Join very tightly or stick together

d)

Group of two or more atoms that are bonded together

e)

Molecules that are made up of two or more different elements

15.

What is an element?

a)

The smallest whole unit of matter

b)

A type of matter made up of only one kind of atom

c)

Join very tightly or stick together

d)

Group of two or more atoms that are bonded together

e)

Molecules that are made up of two or more different elements

16.

What is a compound?

a)

The smallest whole unit of matter

b)

A type of matter made up of only one kind of atom

c)

Join very tightly or stick together

d)

Group of two or more atoms that are bonded together

e)

Molecules that are made up of two or more different elements

17.

What is a molecule?

a)

The smallest whole unit of matter

b)

A type of matter made up of only one kind of atom

c)

Join very tightly or stick together

d)

Group of two or more atoms that are bonded together

e)

Molecules that are made up of two or more different elements

18.

What is density?

a)

the place where you go to fix your teeth

b)

What matter feels like

c)

The temperature when a solid melts to a liquid

d)

How much matter (mass) fits in a space (volume)

19.

The mass of a silver cube is 50 grams. The volume is 5 cm3. What is the density?

a)

250 g/cm3

b)

10 g/cm3

c)

2.5 g/cm3

d)

25 g/cm3

20.

What is the density of a wood cube that floats?

a)

More than 1 g/cm3 because it floats

b)

1 g/cm3 because it floats

c)

Less than 1 g/cm3 because it floats