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Science - states of matter

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the states of matter?
a)
solid, liquid, and juice
b)
solid and liquid
c)
solid and gas
d)
solid, liquid, and gas
2.
What are the states of matter?
a)
solid, liquid, and juice
b)
solid and liquid
c)
solid and gas
d)
solid, liquid, and gas
3.
Matter that has its own shape and takes up space.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
4.
Matter that always fills the shape in a container, such as air.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
5.
Milk takes the shape of its container because it is a:
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
6.
How is a gas defined?
a)
no shape, no volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, no shape
7.
What happens when my glass of water is sitting in the sun and disappears into a gas?
a)
evaporation
b)
burning
c)
melting
d)
freezing
8.
Molecules are closest together in a 
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
plasma
9.
Define a liquid
a)
no shape, no volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, no shape
10.
On a hot summer day chocolate candy can melt in your pocket.  How can you get the chocolate to return to a solid?
a)
add heat
b)
leave it in your pocket
c)
cool it in the refrigerator
d)
leave it outside
11.
Which state of matter does ice start as (before you cool it)?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
12.
Bonus Question: Change of state from a solid directly to a gas is called
a)
deposition
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
d)
sublimation
13.
Which is a property of matter that you CANNOT observe just by looking at an object?
a)
temperature
b)
shape
c)
color
14.
A student observes a clear substance in a container that has a flat, level surface.  The substance flows when poured, and is not magnetic.  The substance is most likely...
a)
sand
b)
water
c)
paper clips
15.
Which thing in this picture represents a gas? 
a)
ice cubes
b)
bubbles 
c)
soda
16.
What does this tool measure?
a)
time
b)
distance
c)
mass
17.
Which of the following changes liquid water into gas?
a)
boiling
b)
freezing 
c)
melting
18.
Which of the following things will take the shape of the container it is in?
a)
ice cube
b)
melted chocolate
c)
baseball
19.
When a stick of butter melts it changes from a...
a)
solid to gas
b)
gas to solid
c)
solid to liquid
20.
Which of the following will most likely be attracted by a magnet?
a)
rubber band
b)
glass marble
c)
paper clip
21.
Which object is a solid that keeps it's shape when it changes containers? 
a)
Chocolate milk
b)
Gravel
c)
Oxygen
22.
What will happen when the thermometer is placed in hot water?
a)
The temperature will go higher
b)
The temperature will go lower
The temperature will go lower
c)
The temperature will stay the same
23.

What state of matter does the image represent?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

24.

Which state of matter is represented?

a)

solid

b)

gas

c)

liquid

25.

The ability to become bigger or smaller in physical size.

a)

compression

b)

density

c)

volume

d)

viscosity

26.

Which state of matter is represented in the picture?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

27.

What is evaporation?

a)

The process of turning a solid into a a liquid.

b)

The process of turning a liquid into a gas.

c)

The process of turning a liquid into a solid.

d)

The process of turning a gas into a liquid.

28.

Choose the statements that are true for a solid.

a)

Has a fixed volume.

b)

Cannot be compressed.

c)

Can be compressed.

d)

Has tightly-packed particles.

e)

Has the most energetic particles.

29.

Choose the statements that are true for a gas.

a)

Can be compressed.

b)

Can flow.

c)

Has a fixed volume.

d)

Fills the space it is in.

e)

Has the most energetic particles.

30.

What is condensation?

a)

The process in which a gas changes to a liquid when it touches a cooler surface.

b)

The process in which a liquid changes to a solid.

c)

The process in which a solid changes to a liquid.

31.

What is ALL the states of matter

a)

solid gas

b)

liquid solid

c)

solid liquid gas

d)

solid liquid gas plazma bec

32.

What is melting

a)

liquid to gas

b)

solid to liquid

c)

liquid to gas

d)

gas to liquid

33.

What is freezing

a)

solid To liquid

b)

liquid to gas

c)

solid to gas

d)

liquid to solid

34.

Adding sugar to your cereal

a)

Physical change

b)

Chemical change

35.

What is a chemical change

a)

In which a new substance is formed

b)

No new substances are formed

36.

what is a physical change

a)

a change in which a new substance is form

b)

no new subtances are formed

37.

cutting your hair

a)

Chemical change

b)

Physical change

38.

Frying a egg

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical change

39.

Ice Melting

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical Change

40.

Digesting your sandwich

a)

Chemical change

b)

Physical change