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How can I Smell Things From A Distance IQWST IC1 LS1 Lessons 1-5

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 3595secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the lab equipment shown in the picture.

a)

graduated cylinder

b)

flask

c)

beaker

d)

test tube

2.

To press together, to force into less space.

a)

Thermal Expansion

b)

Density

c)

Compression

d)

Dissolving

3.

Scientist use the word odorless to describe materials that people can smell. (1)

a)

True

b)

False

4.

People's noses can detect about 1 trillion different odors. (1)

a)

True

b)

False

5.

People who sit closer to a strong odor, smell the odor less quickly, than people sitting further away from the strong odor.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Air can be compressed because there are small spaces in them.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following are true about odors?

a)

Your nose can detect odors even if you cannot see them.

b)

Odors move in all directions

c)

All odors move in the same way.

d)

All of the above.

8.

You can measure the pressure inside a basketball or car tire with something called a _____________.

a)

gauge

b)

caliper

c)

scale

d)

thermometer

9.

Human noses cannot smell natural gas. What material is added to natural gas, to give it the rotten egg odor?

a)

Microbes

b)

Menthol

c)

Mercaptan

d)

Magnesium

10.

What are two ways that pressure can increase in a given space?

a)

Increase the mass or Increase the volume

b)

Decease the mass or Decrease the volume

c)

Decrease the mass or Increase the volume

d)

Increase the mass or Decrease the volume

11.

Pressure is caused by millions and millions of particles hitting against a surface.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Air is made of tiny pieces called ______________________.

a)

volume

b)

elements

c)

mass

d)

particles

13.

Anything that has mass and volume.

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Sample

d)

Matter

14.

How much space something takes up.

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Sample

d)

Matter

15.

A part of something instead of taking the whole thing.

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Sample

d)

Matter

16.

A measure of the amount of matter.

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Sample

d)

Matter

17.

a large amount of water in the air is...

a)

Humid

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Room Temperature

d)

Temperature

18.

Water as a gas is called...

a)

Humid

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Room Temperature

d)

Temperature

19.

All solids, liquids, and gases have mass and volume, therefore are states or phases of

a)

Humid

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Matter

d)

Temperature

20.

__________________ determines whether a material is in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state.

a)

Humid

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Matter

d)

Temperature

21.

The temperature around you when at school.

a)

Humid

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Room Temperature

d)

Temperature

22.

Select ALL of the ways that mass can be measured.

a)

Scale or triple beam balance

b)

Ruler (Measure L x H x W)

c)

Displacement method

d)

Graduated cylinder

23.

Select ALL of the ways that volume can be measured.

a)

Scale or triple beam balance

b)

Ruler (Measure L x H x W)

c)

Displacement method

d)

Graduated cylinder

24.

Examples of "freezing." (Choose ALL that apply)

a)

Putting an ice cube tray filled with water in freezer

b)

Lava hardening into a solid rock.

c)

Water boiling on a stove.

d)

Placing an ice out in the sun.

e)

Candle wax long after it has been blown out.

25.

Calculate the volume of the shape shown above.

a)

10 units3

b)

20 units3

c)

30 units3

d)

40 units3

26.

Choose ALL statements that are examples of melting.

a)

Ice cream sitting outside on a hot, sunny day.

b)

Taking an ice cube out of the freezer and leaving it on the counter.

c)

Adding butter to a hot frying pan.

d)

Tiny droplets of water on your bathroom mirror after a hot shower.

e)

Putting ice cube tray filled with water in freezer.

27.

When a liquid turns into a gas.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Freezing

d)

Melting

28.

When a gas turns into a liquid.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Freezing

d)

Melting

29.

When a liquid turns into a solid.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Freezing

d)

Melting

30.

When a solid turns into a liquid.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Freezing

d)

Melting

31.

Which method would be best for determining the volume of a gold nugget?

a)

Ruler method (Measure L x H x W)

b)

Graduated cylinder method

c)

Displacement method

d)

Triple beam balance

32.

Select ALL the statements that are true about solids.

a)

Have an indefinite shape.

b)

You cannot poke a finger into them.

c)

They have definite shape.

d)

They have volume and mass.

e)

They cannot be held.

33.

Select ALL statements that are true about liquids.

a)

Have a fixed shape.

b)

Have an indefinite shape.

c)

Cannot poke a finger in them

d)

Have an indefinite volume.

e)

Have a definite volume.

34.

Select ALL statements that are true about gases.

a)

Have an indefinite volume.

b)

Can poke a finger into them.

c)

Cannot poke a finger in them

d)

Have a definite volume.

e)

Have an indefinite shape.

35.

Which image represents how you know air has mass.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

36.

Which picture represents how you know air has volume?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

37.

Odors you smell are in a solid state.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Freezing is a phase change that does not always mean something is cold.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Humidity is one way people can detect water in the gas phase in the air around them.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

When one phase of matter changes into another phase of matter it is called a reversible change.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

A state/phase of matter both refer to the physical forms that matter can be in.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

A rock is an example of a __________.

a)

Gas

b)

Solid

c)

Liquid

d)

Plasma

43.

Water is an example of a __________.

a)

Gas

b)

Solid

c)

Liquid

d)

Plasma

44.

Air is an example of a _______.

a)

Gas

b)

Solid

c)

Liquid

d)

Plasma

45.
The temperature at which a solid substance starts to become a liquid?
a)
Solubility
b)
Melting Point
c)
Density
d)
Hardness
46.
The Density of an object is calculated by using this equation:
a)
Volume * Mass
b)
Length * Width * Height
c)
Mass / Volume
d)
Volume / Mass
47.
If you cut a loaf of bread in half, each individual half would have...
a)
half the volume
b)
double the volume
c)
the same volume
d)
no volume
48.
If you cut a loaf of bread in half, each half would have
a)
half the denisty
b)
double the density
c)
the same density
d)
no density
49.
What is the volume of this irregular shape?
a)
6 cm3
b)
8 cm3
c)
14 cm3
d)
22 cm3
50.
the amount of matter an object has is called 
a)
Density
b)
Mass
c)
Volume
d)
Weight
51.
the amount of space an object takes up
a)
Density
b)
Mass
c)
Volume
d)
Weight
52.

What tool can you use to find out how the mass of a pencil compares to the mass of a pen?

a)

electronic scale

b)

meter stick

c)

thermometer

d)

measuring tape

53.
Define a liquid.
a)
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
54.
How is a gas defined?
a)
no shape, no volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, no shape
55.

Which form of matter has a definite shape and takes up space (has definite volume)?

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

d)

clay

56.
The milk in the glass has volume and takes the shape of its container. Therefore, it is assumed that milk is a ______________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
57.

Which of the following is not matter?

a)

a candle's heat

b)

a candle

c)

air inside a balloon

d)

a melting ice cream

58.
What does this picture represent? 
a)
solid
b)
liquid 
c)
gas
d)
plasma
59.

What does this picture represent?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

60.
Something that takes up space and has mass.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
mass
d)
density
61.
Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.
a)
True
b)
False
62.
Which formula can be used to find the volume of a rectangular prism?
a)
length x width
b)
length x width x height
c)
height x length
d)
length + width + height
63.

What can be concluded from the experiment pictured?

a)

Air has no volume

b)

Air has mass

c)

The mass of the black balloon is increasing

d)

The mass of the meter stick is unreliable

64.
Why is the volume of a liquid easy to measure?
a)
you can pour it
b)
it takes the shape of the container
c)
no one really knows
d)
it will evaporate
65.

What does this tool measure?

a)

mass

b)

volume

c)

time

d)

distance

66.

Solids have...

a)

a fixed shape and a fixed volume

b)

a fixed shape but can change volume

c)

No fixed shape but a fixed volume

d)

no fixed shape or volume

67.

What directions can odor particles move?

a)

Only up

b)

Up and down

c)

They don't move

d)

In all directions

68.

In order to smell something, particles of the object need to go to what state of matter?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

California

69.

How do smells travel to our nose?

a)

Respiration

b)

Transpiration

c)

The move through the air

d)

They take the bus

70.

What are the two things that all matter have in common?

a)

Height and length

b)

aunts and uncles

c)

mass and volume

d)

color and smell

71.

Which instrument did we use to prove air has mass?

a)

thermometer

b)

graduated cylinder

c)

Erlenmeyer flask

d)

scale

72.

Which instrument would you use to determine the volume of a wooden cube?

a)

metric ruler

b)

graduated cylinder

c)

scale

d)

Erlenmeyer flask

73.

Which has a fixed shape?

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

74.

Which takes the shape of its container?

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

75.

An ice cube, a brick, and a table are all examples of a

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

76.

Apple juice, coffee, and vinegar are all examples of a

a)

liquid

b)

solid

c)

gas

77.

When gases are _________, the amount of space between the molecules decreases.

a)

expanded

b)

compressed

c)

heated

78.

Anything that has volume and mass is matter.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

What state of matter has a rigid, fixed shape and fixed volume?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

80.

Odors are

a)

in a gaseous state

b)

made of particles

c)

move in all directions

d)

all of the above

81.

We are able to smell odors in a large room because...

a)

odors spread out in a room.

b)

odors stay in one spot.

c)

odors move to the lowest spot in a room.

d)

odors concentrate over time.

82.

What formula do we use to find the volume of regular shaped objects?

a)

length (l) x width (w) x height (h)

b)

length (l) + width (w) + height (h)

c)

mass x volume

d)

eenie meanie minie mo

83.
When a substance melts, freezes, condenses, or boils, it is a ___________ _________ . 
a)
change of state
b)
physical change
c)
diaper change
d)
chemical change
84.

Using the formula, lxwxh, what is the rectangle's volume?

a)

72 cm3

b)

72 g3

c)

12 cm3

d)

21 cm3

85.

All matter is made up of particles.

a)

True

b)

False