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Change when heated and when mixed with other materials

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why will a plastic bottle of water look more full when frozen? Which of the following statements are true?

A) Water contracts (gets smaller) as it freezes.

B) Water expands (gets bigger) as it freezes.

C) Ice takes up more space than liquid water.

a)

Only A and C are true.

b)

Only B and C are true.

c)

A, B, and C are true!

2.

What happens to a liquid when it is heated?

A) It expands.

B) It changes into a solid.

C) It evaporates changing into a gas.

Which of these statements are true?

a)

Only A and C are true.

b)

Only B and C are true.

c)

A, B, and C are true!

3.

Why does the mercury level in a thermometer change?

A) Mercury expands when heated, so the level rises.

B) Mercury shrinks when cooled so the level goes down.

C) Mercury turns into a gas at zero degrees Celsius (0o C).

Which of the statements are true?

a)

Only A is true.

b)

Only C is true.

c)

Both A and B are true.

4.

What happens when ice is heated above zero degrees Celsius (0o C)?

A) It changes from solid to a liquid.

B) It contracts.

C) It loses heat.

Which of the statements are true?

a)

Only A and B are true.

b)

Only A and C are true.

c)

Only B and C are true.

5.

How can a mixture of solid particles with different sizes be separated?

a)

evaporating

b)

filtering

c)

sieving

6.

What happened here?

Choose the name of the change process you see in the picture.

a)

Condense

b)

Freeze

c)

Boil

d)

Evaporate

7.

What happened here?

Choose the name of the change process you see in the picture.

a)

Cook

b)

Burn

c)

Condense

d)

Evaporate

8.

What happened here?

Choose the name of the change process you see in the picture.

a)

Melt

b)

Burn

c)

Cook

d)

Freeze

9.

What happened here?

Choose the name of the change process you see in the picture.

a)

Evaporate

b)

Condense

c)

Freeze

d)

Melt

10.

Fill in the blank: You can use ______ to separate a sand and water solution and be left with both substances at the end.

a)

heating

b)

filter paper

c)

a sieve

11.

Which of the choices is an example reversible change?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

True or False: A material like volcanic rocks melts because it absorbed so much heat.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: The evaporation of water in plant is called sublimation.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

A homogeneous mixture of solid and liquid is also called a solution.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Identify among the choices examples of homogeneous mixtures. (Check that apply)

a)

sand and gravel

b)

fruit salad

c)

salt dissolved in water

d)

flour mixed with detergent powder

16.

Which among the choices is NOT an example of a heterogeneous mixture?

a)

sand mixed with water

b)

paper clips mixed with thumb tacks

c)

fruit salad

d)

powdered milk mixed with water

17.

Fill in the blank: ________ is the change from solid to liquid

a)

melting

b)

freezing

c)

boiling

18.

In the water cycle, which comes after the formation of clouds or condensation?

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

percolation / collection

19.

Fill in the blank: ________ is the change from gas to solid without passing the liquid state.

a)

deposition

b)

melting

c)

sublimation

20.

Which of the choices is an example of irreversible change? (Check that apply)

a)
b)
c)
d)