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4th Grade Properties of Matter Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a physical property?​

a)

A force of attraction or repulsion.

b)

Anything that has mass and takes up space.​

c)

The amount of matter in an object.​

d)

Are the physical things we can observe and measure about objects.​

2.

What is Solubility?

a)

Is the ability to dissolve in liquid.

b)

Is the amount of space something takes up.​

c)

The amount of matter in an object.

d)

Physical properties that can be observed or measured.

3.

What is ​Volume?

a)

A force of attraction or repulsion.

b)

Is the amount of space something takes up.​

c)

The amount of matter in an object.

d)

A solid, liquid or a gas.

4.

What is Relative Density?

a)

The 3 states of matter are, Solid, Liquid, and Gas.​

b)

The amount of matter in an object.​

c)

An object's ability to sink or float.​

d)

The amount of space something takes up.​

5.

What is a mixture?

a)

The amount of matter in a object.

b)

A combination of 2 or more substances that keep their physical properties and can be easily separated. ​

c)

A combination of 2 or more substances that do not keep their physical properties and can not be easily separated. ​

d)

The amount of space an object takes up.

6.

How can you separate a Mixture?

a)

You can not separate a mixture.

b)

By boiling the water until it evaporates.

c)

By throwing it all out on the floor.

d)

By using your hands to pick stuff out, A magnet to separate magnetic objects, or a sieve to separate big things from small things. 

7.

What are examples of mixtures in our everyday life? ​

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8.

What are examples of solutions in our everyday life? ​

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9.

A solution can easily be separated by using your hands, a magnet, or a sieve.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following objects are classified as magnetic?  

a)

A plastic toy and a paper clip

b)

A wooden block and a nail.  

c)

A nail and a paper clip. 

d)

A rubber eraser and a brass brad.

11.

A 4th grade class of students are measuring 3 small objects and are instructed to place them in a beaker of water. One of the object sinks, another object floats in the middle, and the last object also floats.  

Which conclusion best describes what the students observed? 

a)

All three objects are different sizes.

b)

One object is more dense than the other two.

c)

The objects are dissolving in the water. 

d)

Each object is made of a different type of material. 

12.

A teacher fills 3 graduated cylinders up with water and starts to compare the physical property of a sponge, a wooden block, and an iron block.  

Which physical property is the teacher measuring?  

a)

Relative Density

b)

Weight

c)

Mass

d)

Length

13.

Which of the following is a mixture but not a solution?

a)

Hot tea

b)

Orange juice

c)

Fruit salad

d)

Chocolate milk

14.

Which mixture cannot be separated easily using your hands?

a)

Crayons and pencils

b)

Safety pins and buttons

c)

Apples and oranges

d)

Sand and sugar

15.

A sieve is a tool used to separate particles of different sizes. It has a wide container with a flat bottom and many small holes, all the same size.  

Which of the following mixtures could be separated using a sieve? 

 

a)

Nuts and raisins  

b)

Salt and pepper

c)

Sand and gravel

d)

Aluminum nails and iron nails

16.

Some students were trying to figure out which of the following examples could NOT be mixtures.  The teacher explains that “A mixture is a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated that will keep their physical properties when mixed.”   

Which of the following is NOT a mixture? 

a)

Rocks and Sand  

b)

Sand and water

c)

Sugar and water

d)

Toothpicks and water

17.

Solution is a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substance dissolves and are not easily separated. One way that solutions are different from mixtures are —

a)

Solutions have higher temperatures than other mixtures.

b)

Solutions are a mixture of only two substances while other mixtures can mix 3 or more substances.  

c)

Solutions have more mass than mixtures. 

d)

Solutions are not easily separated, while other mixtures are easily separated.

18.

A group of 4th graders are conducting a lab experiment between mixtures and solutions.  

 

Mixture 1: was made by mixing salt into water.  

Mixture 2: was made by mixing iron filings into sand.  

Explain in your own words how to separate each mixture. 

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19.

Which of the following statements describe a liquid?

a)

Has definite shape.

b)

Particles are compact.

c)

Take the shape of the container.

d)

Particles move around fast.

20.

List the four liquid samples in order by their volume from least to greatest. 

a)

Y, X, W, Z  

b)

X, Z, W, Y 

c)

B. X, Y, W, Z   

d)

  Z, Y, X, W  

21.

Substance 1 is a fruit salad and substance 2 is tomato soup.

Which statement best describes Substance 1 and Substance 2?

a)

Substance 1 is a liquid and Substance 2 is a solid.  

b)

Substance 1 is a mixture and Substance 2 is a solution. 

c)

Substance 1 is a solution and Substance 2 is a mixture.  

d)

 

Substance 1 is a solid and Substance 2 is a gas.  

22.

Ms. Garza is measuring the mass and volume of two containers. She places 30 pennies in one container and 50 pennies in the other container. The table below represents the data collected by Ms. Garza’s.  

Which statement best describes the data in the table? 

a)

The masses of the containers are the same and the volumes are different. 

b)

Container B has less mass than container A.  

c)

The volumes of the containers are the same and the masses are different.

d)

Container A has less volume than container B.