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Water and Matter

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Formula of Water?

a)

H2O2

b)

H2O

c)

CO2

2.

What is the Definition of Matter?

a)

A Mixture of Gold and Silver

b)

Anything which is alive

c)

A thick substances

d)

Anything that has mass and takes up space

3.
What percent of Earth is covered by water and ice?
a)
85%
b)
90%
c)
75%
d)
97%
4.
The water cycle has...
a)
a beginning and an end. 
b)
no beginning and no end. 
c)
only a beginning. 
d)
only an end. 
5.
What are the three states of water found on Earth?
a)
solid, liquid & gas
b)
oceans, lakes & streams
c)
evaporation, transpiration
d)
rain, sleet & hail
6.

Groundwater is...

a)

The water under the Earth's surface

b)

The water that forms the clouds

c)

The water of the swimming pool

7.
What amount of the earth's surface is covered with water?
a)
25%
b)
72%
c)
97%
d)
99%
8.
Iron + oxygen = rust is an example of a ___________.
a)
physical property/change
b)
chemical property/change
c)
mass
d)
volume
9.

Which of the following is NOT an example of matter?

a)

Sunlight

b)

Air

c)

Tree trunk

d)

Sponge

10.

The amount of space something takes up.

a)

density

b)

volume

c)

mass

d)

matter

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

Water can exist as solid, liquid or gas. Which picture shows water as a liquid?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.
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
15.
Molecules are closest together in a 
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
plasma
16.
Something that takes up space and has mass.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
mass
d)
density
17.
A measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit of volume.
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
volume
d)
matter
18.
You can measure ______ with grams.
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
conductivity
d)
melting point
19.

Cholera is a bacterial disease that is spread throughout a community by contaminated water. How can the spread of cholera (bacteria) be prevented?

a)

by giving healthy people antibiotics before they get sick

b)

by hand washing with contaminated water before food preparation

c)

by using Chlorine to treat water before it enters the water supply

d)

by using waste to fertilize fields instead of releasing it into the water supply

20.

Which is the most important reason for maintaining clean water?

a)

Goods cannot be transported easily without water

b)

Energy cannot be generated without water

c)

People cannot maintain proper hygiene without water

d)

Organisms cannot live and grow without water