WorksheetsMatter Unit Study Guide
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
What term means to sort organisms into groups to make them easier to compare?
Magnet
Hardness
Organize
Texture
How an object feels when it is touched, such as soft, rough, or smooth describes its what?
Hardness
Texture
Magnet
Organize
A ______ is a material that attracts metal because of an electric charge.
Property
Organize
Hardness
Magnet
What is an observable trait of matter called?
Texture
Magnet
Property
Hardness
The firmness of a solid can be described as its what?
Hardness
Texture
Matter
Property
How is this machine able to pick up the metals at a junkyard?
The machine is made of metal.
The machine has a hook for metals.
The machine has a good texture.
The machine is a magnet.
What is a materials scientist, that specializes in metals called?
Scientist
Metallurgist
Steal Worker
Detective
What are some ways that an object can be classified by its physical properties?
Color
Shape
Beads
Height
Weight
Hair
Right
Left
Middle
Color
Shape
Magnetic
What is the gas form of water in the air called?
Mist
Liquid Water
Solid Water
Water Vapor
When you taste food, what helps you decide whether the food tastes sweet, sour, salty, or bitter?
Your tongue
Your teeth
Your lips
Your throat
What type of matter expands to fill whatever space is available?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
Which could cause the mass of an object to change?
Placing the object on the moon
Measuring in metric units
Breaking the object into parts and rearranging the pieces
Subtracting matter from the object
Choose the words that belong in the sentence. As an object ____, the particles move ____.
Cools, Slower
Warms, Slower
Cools, In a straight line
Warms, In a straight line
Why can a magnet pick up an iron nail but not a bird feather?
The feather is too light
Iron is magnetic
Iron nails are harder than feathers
The feather has a greater mass than the nail
Which of these is a chemical change?
A nail rusts
Water freezes
Sugar dissolves in water
lemon juice, water, and ice cubes make lemonade
What properties can be determined just by holding a soccer ball?
Shape, odor, mass
Shape, texture, hardness
Volume, magnetism, shape
Texture, taste, magnetism
Charlie likes the smoothness of an apple. What property describes how the apple feels?
Mass
Color
Texture
Taste
The state of matter with no definite volume or shape is ____.
Liquid
Solid
Gas
State
When you take ice cream from the freezer, it melts. What is happening?
a physical change, particles aren't moving
a chemical change, particles change shape
a change of state, particles moving faster
a change of state, particles are moving slower
What is a common use for water in its solid state?
Drinking
Heating
Skating
Swimming
What device can produce water in its solid state?
Oven
Freezer
Refrigerator
Tea Kettle
What measurement tells you the amount of space a liquid takes up?
Mass
Size
Density
Volume
To find or calculate.
Hardness
Differentiate
Organize
Compute
To identify the differences between two or
more objects.
Gas
Differentiate
Mass
Volume
A change in traits--such as color, size, and
shape--that does not change what a
substance is made of
Chemical Change
Physical Change
A solid has a definite shape and volume, and is made of vibrating particles.
True
False
The amount of matter an object has.
Matter
Mass
Weight
Metric
Matter with a definite mass but no definite
volume, where particles easily slide around
each other.
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Matter with no definite mass or volume that
is made of fast moving particles.
Solid
Liquid
Gas
The process where one or more kinds of matter changes into one or more different kinds of matter.
Chemical Change
Physical Change
The chemical change in dead organisms over time.
Decay
Mold
Rust
Compost
A brown-colored material that is made when oxygen and iron combine.
Mold
Fungus
Rust
Decay
