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MATTER AROUND US QUIZZ

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Seema took a 100 ml beaker and filled half the beaker with water and marked the level of water. She dissolved some salt with the help of a glass rod and recorded water level again.

a)

The water level increases appreciably

b)

The water level decreases

c)

The water level remains the same

d)

There is little increase in water level.

2.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of matter?

a)

Matter is made up of extremely small particles

b)

There is no space between particles of matter

c)

The particles of matter are continuously moving

d)

The particles of matter attract each other.

3.

Which one of the following sets of phenomenon would increase on raising the temperature?

a)

Diffusion, evaporation and compression of gases

b)

Evaporation, compression of gases and solubility of solid in liquid

c)

Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases and solubility of solid in liquid

d)

Evaporation, solubility of gas in liquid, diffusion and compression of gases.

4.

During summer, water kept in earthen pot becomes cool due to phenomenon of

a)

Diffusion

b)

Transpiration

c)

Distillation

d)

Evaporation

5.

Which of the following is correct order of forces of attraction?

a)

Water > Air > Sand

b)

Air > Sugar > Oil

c)

Air < Water < Sugar

d)

Salt > Air > Juice

6.

If we keep cold drink bottle in freezer, what will happen?

a)

Water will change into ice

b)

Cold drink bottle will break

c)

CO2 gas will get solidified

d)

Nothing happens.

7.

Choose the correct statement out of the following

a)

Conversion of solid into vapours without becoming liquid is called evaporation.

b)

Conversion of vapours into solid without becoming liquid is called sublimation

c)

Conversion of solid into liquid is called sublimation.

d)

Conversion of liquid into vapours is called fusion.

8.

Which of the following will produce severe burns ?

a)

Cold water

b)

Hot water

c)

Boiling water

d)

Steam

9.

Which of the following conditions will increase the rate of evaporation?

a)

Increase in temperature of water

b)

Decrease in wind speed

c)

Decrease in surface area of water

d)

Adding sugar to water

10.

Which of the following is incorrect?

a)

Solids have fixed shape and fixed volume.

b)

Liquids have fixed volume but not shape

c)

Gases have neither fixed shape nor volume

d)

The particles have least intermolecular space but maximum kinetic energy in liquids.

11.

Which of the following is correct order of density ?

a)

Air < Exhaust from chimneys < Honey < Water < Chalk < Cotton < Iron.

b)

Air < Exhaust from Chimneys < Water < Honey < Cotton < Chalk < Iron.

c)

Air < Exhaust from Chimneys < Honey < Water < Chalk < Iron < Cotton

d)

Air < Exhaust from Chimneys < Water < Honey < Chalk < Cotton < Iron

12.

Ice floats on water because

a)

it has higher density than water

b)

it has lower density than water due to more volume

c)

it is solid

d)

it is low melting solid

13.

The physical state of a matter depends upon

a)

temperature and pressure

b)

temperature only

c)

pressure only

d)

nature of substance

14.

The boiling point of water at higher altitude is

a)

373 K

b)

< 373 K

c)

> 373 K

d)

273 K

15.

Latent heat of fusion is amount of

a)

heat energy required to change 1 kg solid into liquid completely at its melting point.

b)

heat energy required to convert 1 kg solid into liquid at room temperature

c)

heat energy required to change 1 g of solid into liquid completely

d)

heat energy required to change 1 kg of solid into liquid at any temperature.

16.

Which of the following has minimum kinetic energy ?

a)

Particles of ice below 0 °C

b)

Particles of water at 0 °C

c)

Particles of water at 100 °C

d)

Particles of steam at 100 °C

17.

Which of the following cannot be separated by sublimation?

a)

Iodine and NaCl

b)

Iodine and Ammonium chloride

c)

Camphor and Sodium chloride

d)

Naphthalene and Sand

18.
What are the states of matter?
a)
solid, liquid, and juice
b)
solid and liquid
c)
solid and gas
d)
solid, liquid, and gas
19.
Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.
a)
True
b)
False
liquid
20.
Which state of matter has particles arranged like this?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
21.
Which state of matter has particles arranged like this?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
22.
Air is an example of a
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
23.
Wood is an example of a
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
24.
Which of the following statements describes a liquid?
a)
It has a fixed shape
b)
It takes the shape of it's container
25.
A physical change is...
a)
a change that doesn't change the identity
b)
a change that makes something new.
c)
a chemical reaction
26.

What is mass?

a)

anything that takes up space

b)

the amount of matter an object has

c)

the amount of space an object takes up

d)

the measure of how warm something is

27.
Solids have a definite _______________.
a)
smell
b)
shape
c)
picture
d)
sound
28.
What can causes ice to transform from a solid to a liquid?
a)
The air.
b)
The cold.
c)
Shape
d)
Heat
29.
This state of matter does not have a definite size or shape.
a)
gas
b)
toys
c)
solid
d)
milk
30.

Water can change state. What happens to water during condensation?

a)

It changes from liquid to a gas.

b)

It changes from a gas to a liquid.

c)

It changes from a liquid to a solid.

d)

It changes from a solid to a liquid.

31.
a type of matter that can be found on earth as a solid, liquid, and gas
a)
gold
b)
water
c)
oxygen
d)
rock
32.
Which of the following is a part of the water cycle?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
all of the above
33.
A physical property can be observed with your
a)
Eyes
b)
Ears
c)
Tastes
d)
All of the above
34.
Adding HEAT to matter causes its particles to:
a)
move faster and farther apart
b)
Move slower and farther apart
c)
Move faster and closer together
d)
Move slower and closer together
35.

What is the study of matter and how matter changes?

a)

Physical Science

b)

Chemistry

c)

Biology

d)

Matterology

36.

What term means "take up space"

a)

Volume

b)

Matter

c)

Mass

d)

Substance

37.

What affect the rate of evaporation

a)

Humidity

b)

Wind

c)

Heat

d)

Temperature

38.

Condensation occurs when water vapour....

a)

loses heat

b)

gains heat

39.

Condensation involves a change of state from ___ to ___

a)

Liquid to Solid

b)

Liquid to Gaseous

c)

Solid to Liquid

d)

Gaseous to Liquid

40.

Boiling occurs when water ...

a)

loses heat

b)

gains heat

41.

What factors affect the rate of evaporation?

a)

Temperature only

b)

Temperature and Wind only

c)

Temperature, Wind and Exposed Surface Area

d)

None of the above

42.

Ice melts at what temperature?

a)

100o

b)

10o

c)

5o

d)

0o

43.

The diagram shows a heating curve for ice. Which line represents the ice melting?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

44.

Why are lines B and D flat?

a)

The ice is melting

b)

The ice is freezing

c)

All of the thermal energy is used to break the bonds

d)

They stopped the stopwatch

e)

They stopped heating the ice.

45.

The diagram shows a heating curve for ice. Which line represents the ice in a liquid state (water)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

46.

Latent heat is

a)

the heat absorbed or released at a boiling process during a change of phase

b)

the heat absorbed or released at a constant temperature during a change of phase

c)

the heat absorbed or released at a constant temperature during a change of phase of 1 kg object

d)

the heat absorbed or released by an object to increase or decrease its temperature by 1 degree Celcius

47.

The heat absorbed by melting a solid is known as

a)

latent heat of fusion

b)

latent heat of solid

c)

latent heat of liquid

d)

latent heat of vaporisation

48.

Water molecules have the greatest kinetic energy in

a)

Ice at 0 ⁰C

b)

Water at 90 ⁰C

c)

Water at 373 K

d)

Steam at 150 ⁰C

49.

It's the amount of heat required to change the state (gas,liquid, solid) of a unit of material

a)

Latent Heat

b)

Specific Heat

c)

Temperature

d)

Q

50.

Q. The main processes in changing of phase include

a)

Melting

b)

Boiling

c)

Condensation

d)

All the above

51.

The heat absorbed by melting a solid is known as

a)

latent heat of solid

b)

latent heat of fusion

c)

latent heat of liquid

d)

latent heat of vapourisation

52.

Consider the following temperature-time graph when a solid is heated. which part of the graph involves latent heat of vaporization?

a)

Part I

b)

Part II

c)

Part III

d)

Part IV

53.
The temperature of a glass of cold water will eventually...
a)
Match the temperature of the surrounding environment.
b)
Always be colder than the surrounding environment.
c)
Become warmer than the surrounding environment.
d)
Never change temperature.
54.
What process do you observe when you fill a glass with ice and a cold drink and the outside of the glass becomes wet?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
freezing
d)
melting
55.
Which state of matter has the lowest kinetic energy (atoms move the slowest)?
a)
solid 
b)
liquid
c)
gas
56.
From 30 degrees to 55 degrees, what state of matter is the substance?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Plasma
57.
Fluid states are
a)
solid and gas
b)
liquid and gas
c)
solid and liquid
d)
solid, liquid and gas
58.
The Kelvin temperature scale is based on
a)
potential energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
Kelvins
d)
water
59.

Superheating gas so that it becomes ionized is one of the methods to form this state of matter.

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

60.

Where would you find a Bose-Einstein condensate?

a)

Inside stars

b)

At the North Pole

c)

In a science lab

d)

Bose-Einstein condensates exist only in theory

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