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Chemistry unit 1: Particles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following substance is a gas?

a)

Wood

b)

Air

c)

Water

d)

Iron

2.

How are particles arranged in a solid?

a)

Tightly packed, vibrating but not moving, as close together as possible

b)

Lots of space and moving quickly

c)

Some space and moving quickly

d)

Tightly packed, as close together as possible and moving around

3.

Which state of matter has a fixed volume but flows easily?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Solution

d)

Gas

4.

What is the following image a representation of?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

solution

5.

Name the process that causes a state change from solid to a liquid

a)

Freezing

b)

Condensation

c)

Melting

d)

Boiling

6.

Name the process that causes a state change from a gas to a liquid

a)

freezing

b)

condensation

c)

melting

d)

boiling

7.

Which state can be compressed or squashed easily?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

none of these

8.

Which particles sit in a regular pattern held together tightly by bonds?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

none of these

9.

What is sublimation?

a)

When a solid changes to a liquid

b)

when a liquid changes to a gas

c)

when a liquid changes to a solid

d)

When a solid changes to a gas

10.

What is distillation?

a)

Technique used to separate different colored substances

b)

Technique used to separate substances by boiling and condensing

c)

Technique used to separate a solid dissolved in a liquid by heating

d)

Technique used to separate a solid using a filter

11.

If a cup of sea water is evaporated what is left behind in the cup?

a)

salt

b)

water

c)

salt and water

d)

sugar

12.

Why does the temperature of water not change when it is boiling?

a)

As all the energy is being used to separate the molecules

b)

As the energy is needed to make the water condense

c)

As the energy is needed to make the temperature reduce

d)

As the energy is needed to breaks the molecules of water down into atoms of hydrogen and oxygen

13.

Which statement best describes the arrangement of the particles in a solid?

a)

They are all packed as closely together as possible

b)

They have a little bit of space

c)

There is lots of space between the particles

d)

They have some space between the particles

14.

Which statement best describes how the particles in a liquid behave when they are squashed?

a)

They are squashed a little as there is some space between the particles

b)

They can’t be squashed

c)

They merge together

d)

They vanish

15.

Which one of the following is not considered to be one of the three states of matter?

a)

Mass

b)

solid

c)

liquid

d)

gas

16.

What does the glass tube called the condenser do during distillation?

a)

Heat up the water

b)

Cool the water vapor back to liquid so that it can be collected

c)

Clean the ink

d)

Allow the water vapor to be collected

17.

If you dissolved 10g of salt in 100g of sugar, what would the solution be?

a)

100g

b)

10g

c)

110g

d)

1000g

18.

What factors affect the rate of diffusion?

a)

Temperature

b)

Concentration gradient

c)

Medium (whether liquid or gas)

d)

All of the above

19.

Diffusion occurs in which two states of matter?

a)

solid and gas

b)

solid and liquid

c)

liquid and gas

d)

all of the above

20.

Why shouldn’t you draw the line at the bottom of the chromatography paper in pen?

a)

The ink will dissolve

b)

The ink will evaporate

c)

The ink will photosynthesise

d)

The ink will explode