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Properties & States of Matter

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is an example of water's solid state?

a)

ice in a skating rink

b)

rain falling from clouds

c)

a waterfall in a river

d)

steam rising from a pasta pot

2.

A property is

a)

what scientists use to to identify and organize matter

b)

how matter is formed

c)

just a solid

d)

just a liquid

3.

What are the three main states of matter?

a)

solid, liquid, color

b)

liquid, gas, solid

c)

gas, texture, liquid

d)

solubility, liquid, odor

4.

Which word describes whether an object is rough or smooth?

a)

magnet

b)

hardness

c)

property

d)

texture

5.

All metals are magnetic.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

All metals do not have the same color.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

a material that can pull some kinds of metal towards it

a)

matter

b)

magnet

c)

mass

d)

molecule

8.

What describes how easily a material can be scratched?

a)

property

b)

texture

c)

hardness

d)

matter

9.

A physical property that describes how something feels is called _______.

a)

temperture

b)

texture

c)

density

10.

Of the three states of matter, particles are moving the fastest and are the farthest apart in a _________.

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

11.
Which answer makes the sentence true?     Matter is anything that ____________.
a)
reflects light
b)
is burned to make heat
c)
takes up space and has mass
d)
lets electricity move through it
12.

Mass would best be described as...

a)

the amount of matter in a substance

b)

the amount of space matter takes up

c)

whether matter floats or sinks in water

d)

whether a substance dissolves in water

13.

The way an object or liquid looks, tastes, smells, sounds, and feels are called _______________

a)

units of matter

b)

states of matter

c)

properties of matter

d)

types of matter

14.

Which flask has particles that are able to slide past one another?

a)

flask 1

b)

flask 2

c)

flask 3

15.

Which flask has particles that are very far apart?

a)

flask 1

b)

flask 2

c)

flask 3

16.

gas particles

a)

move in all directions

b)

slide past one another

c)

does not take the shape of its container

d)

are very far apart

17.

In addition to gasses, what other form of matter takes the shape of its container?

a)

liquids

b)

solids

18.

Water freezes at zero degrees celsius.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The higher or greater the degree in temperature, the warmer it gets.

a)

True

b)

False