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Matter Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tool should be used to measure the amount of heat in liquid?

a)

Graduated Cylinder

b)

Celsius thermometer

c)

Metric Ruler

d)

Balance Scale

2.

Which of the following describes a solid?

a)

Takes the shape of its container

b)

Pours easily forming a puddle

c)

Keeps its shape and size

d)

Escapes into air from open dish

3.

Students are given a hot plate and a beaker of water and are asked to heat the water and measure its temperature. What other tools and safety equipment do they need for this experiment?

a)

Spring scale and gloves

b)

Compass and apron

c)

Thermometer and goggles

d)

Hand lens and goggles

4.

Students have a container of water and several objects. The water will help the students observe which of the following properties?

a)

How quickly the objects heat up

b)

Whether the objects sink or float

c)

Whether the objects are made of iron

d)

The mass of each object

5.

What tool is most useful to determine whether an object is made of iron?

a)

Magnet

b)

Microscope

c)

Thermometer

d)

Balance

6.

A student took ice cream outside on a summer day. The heat would cause what kind of change?

a)

A liquid becoming a gas

b)

A liquid becoming a solid

c)

A gas becoming a liquid

d)

A solid becoming a liquid

7.

When an ice cube is placed on the sidewalk on a hot day, what is the series of changes that occur to its physical state?

a)

Gas-> Solid-> Liquid

b)

Solid-> Gas-> Liquid

c)

Solid-> Liquid-> Gas

d)

Liquid-> Gas-> Solid

8.

Students created a model of the water cycle by heating a beaker of water on a hot plate until it boiled. They carefully held a metal pan of ice cubes where water vapor was rising from the beaker and water drops began to form on the bottom of the metal pan. The water drops formed on the bottom of the pan because -

a)

the pan was made of metal

b)

the water vapor cooled

c)

the ice was a solid

d)

the hot plate uses electricity

9.

Sometimes a burning candle will have wax dripping down the side. This happens because the heat of the flame

a)

turns the wax of the candle to a liquid

b)

causes water to collect on the candle

c)

creates tiny air currents around the candle

d)

uses some of the gases in the air

10.

What causes water to freeze solid when placed in a freezer? The freezer–

a)

adds heat to the water.

b)

puts electricity into the water

c)

takes heat away from the water

d)

does not let light shine on the water

11.

All of the following describe a process that makes a mixture EXCEPT –

a)

pouring sugar into a container of salt

b)

adding sand to gravel

c)

stirring two kinds of cereals together

d)

combining two glasses of water

12.

There are four jars filled with different materials. The jar that contains a mixture is the jar that is filled with –

a)

pennies and nickels.

b)

ice cubes.

c)

salt crystals.

d)

gold nuggets.

13.

Students have a jar of pennies. How could they make a mixture with this?

a)

Seal the jar and shake it

b)

Pour the pennies onto the table.

c)

Add dimes and stir them in.

d)

Stir in more pennies

14.

A container of nuts is considered a mixture if the container -

a)

increased in mass when nuts are added

b)

was filled to the top with all the same nuts

c)

has enough room that the nuts can be stirred

d)

had two or more kinds of nuts in it

15.

Which of these beakers contains a mixture?

a)
b)
c)
d)