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Year 8 Science: Mini CAT

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are the three states of matter?

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2.

What is the fourth state of matter?

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3.

What does it mean to "expand" and what does it mean to "contract"?

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4.

Define the following terms:

a. Change of state

b. Physical change

c. Chemical change

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5.

Define each of the following:

a) evaporation

b) condensation

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6.

Define each of the following:

a) melting

b) freezing

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7.

Define each of the following:

a) Sublimation

b) Deposition

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8.

What term best describes each of the following?

a. A solid is heated to form a liquid

b. A gas cools to form a liquid

c. A solute mixes with a solute and seems to disappear

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9.

Identify TWO examples of physical change

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10.

Identify TWO examples of chemical change

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11.

Which type of change is easily reversible?

a) Physical change

b) Chemical change

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12.

Which type of change produces new substances?

a) Physical change

b) Chemical change

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13.

What is diffusion?

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14.

What is the opposite of:

a. Contraction

b. Freezing

c. Evaporation

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15.

What is the difference between a substance that is "compressible" and a substance that is "incompressible"?


Out of solids, liquids and gases, which states of matter are compressible? Which are incompressible?

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16.

Identify the following as solid, liquid or gas:

a. A substance has particles that are far apart and move around freely

b. A substance that has particles packed closely together but are free to move?

c. A substance with particles that are closely-packed together and can not move around

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17.

Describe the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids, and gases

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18.

With reference to the concept of diffusion, explain how you can smell a substance that is sprayed other side of the room (such as deodorant)

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