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Matter Unit Study Guide

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term means to sort organisms into groups to make them easier to compare?

a)

Magnet

b)

Hardness

c)

Organize

d)

Texture

2.

How an object feels when it is touched, such as soft, rough, or smooth describes its what?

a)

Hardness

b)

Texture

c)

Magnet

d)

Organize

3.

A ______ is a material that attracts metal because of an electric charge.

a)

Property

b)

Organize

c)

Hardness

d)

Magnet

4.

What is an observable trait of matter called?

a)

Texture

b)

Magnet

c)

Property

d)

Hardness

5.

The firmness of a solid can be described as its what?

a)

Hardness

b)

Texture

c)

Matter

d)

Property

6.

How is this machine able to pick up the metals at a junkyard?

a)

The machine is made of metal.

b)

The machine has a hook for metals.

c)

The machine has a good texture.

d)

The machine is a magnet.

7.

What is a materials scientist, that specializes in metals called?

a)

Scientist

b)

Metallurgist

c)

Steal Worker

d)

Detective

8.

What are some ways that an object can be classified by its physical properties?

a)

Color

Shape

Beads

b)

Height

Weight

Hair

c)

Right

Left

Middle

d)

Color

Shape

Magnetic

9.

What is the gas form of water in the air called?

a)

Mist

b)

Liquid Water

c)

Solid Water

d)

Water Vapor

10.

When you taste food, what helps you decide whether the food tastes sweet, sour, salty, or bitter?

a)

Your tongue

b)

Your teeth

c)

Your lips

d)

Your throat

11.

What type of matter expands to fill whatever space is available?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

12.

Which could cause the mass of an object to change?

a)

Placing the object on the moon

b)

Measuring in metric units

c)

Breaking the object into parts and rearranging the pieces

d)

Subtracting matter from the object

13.

Choose the words that belong in the sentence. As an object ​____, the particles move ____.

a)

Cools, Slower

b)

Warms, Slower

c)

Cools, In a straight line

d)

Warms, In a straight line

14.

Why can a magnet pick up an iron nail but not a bird feather?

a)

The feather is too light

b)

Iron is magnetic

c)

Iron nails are harder than feathers

d)

The feather has a greater mass than the nail

15.

Which of these is a chemical change?

a)

A nail rusts

b)

Water freezes

c)

Sugar dissolves in water

d)

lemon juice, water, and ice cubes make lemonade

16.

What properties can be determined just by holding a soccer ball?

a)

Shape, odor, mass

b)

Shape, texture, hardness

c)

Volume, magnetism, shape

d)

Texture, taste, magnetism

17.

Charlie likes the smoothness of an apple. What property describes how the apple feels?

a)

Mass

b)

Color

c)

Texture

d)

Taste

18.

The state of matter with no definite volume or shape is ____.

a)

Liquid

b)

Solid

c)

Gas

d)

State

19.

When you take ice cream from the freezer, it melts. What is happening?

a)

a physical change, particles aren't moving

b)

a chemical change, particles change shape

c)

a change of state, particles moving faster

d)

a change of state, particles are moving slower

20.

What is a common use for water in its solid state?

a)

Drinking

b)

Heating

c)

Skating

d)

Swimming

21.

What device can produce water in its solid state?

a)

Oven

b)

Freezer

c)

Refrigerator

d)

Tea Kettle

22.

What measurement tells you the amount of space a liquid takes up?

a)

Mass

b)

Size

c)

Density

d)

Volume

23.

To find or calculate.

a)

Hardness

b)

Differentiate

c)

Organize

d)

Compute

24.

To identify the differences between two or

more objects.

a)

Gas

b)

Differentiate

c)

Mass

d)

Volume

25.

A change in traits--such as color, size, and

shape--that does not change what a

substance is made of

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical Change

26.

A solid has a definite shape and volume, and is made of vibrating particles.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The amount of matter an object has.

a)

Matter

b)

Mass

c)

Weight

d)

Metric

28.

Matter with a definite mass but no definite

volume, where particles easily slide around

each other.

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

29.

Matter with no definite mass or volume that

is made of fast moving particles.

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

30.

The process where one or more kinds of matter changes into one or more different kinds of matter.

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical Change

31.

The chemical change in dead organisms over time.

a)

Decay

b)

Mold

c)

Rust

d)

Compost

32.

A brown-colored material that is made when oxygen and iron combine.

a)

Mold

b)

Fungus

c)

Rust

d)

Decay