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Unit 1 - Investigate Matter

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following indicate that a chemical reaction has occurred?

a)

the formation of gas bubbles

b)

a change in color

c)

an odor

d)

all of these indicate that a chemical reaction as occurred

2.

Which of the following produces new matter with new and different properties?

a)

physical change

b)

chemical property

c)

chemical change

d)

physical property

3.

Which is type of property can be observed and measured without changing the material?

a)

physical

b)

chemical

4.

The ability to burn is an example of a physical property.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

You are performing an experiment of combining two substances in a closed container. You first pour 520 mL of a substance followed by 375 mL of substance two. A chemical reaction occurs. Choose the equation below that would best explain the total mass of the combined substances.

a)

520 mL - 375 mL = 145 mL

b)

520 mL x 375 mL = 195,000 mL

c)

520 mL + 375 mL = 895 mL

d)

895 mL - 520 mL = 375 mL

6.

Which is a physical property that describes how light reflects off an object?

a)

magnetism

b)

reflectivity

c)

conductivity

d)

flexibility

7.

The amount of space an object takes up is its ________________.

a)

matter

b)

mass

c)

volume

d)

property

8.

How are the particles that make up a gas?

a)

very close together

b)

very far apart

9.

A boiled egg in its shell weighs _________________ a raw egg in its shell.

a)

more than

b)

the same as

c)

less than

10.

What would happen to the weight of an ice cube if it melted?

a)

It would weigh a little more.

b)

It would weigh the same.

c)

It would weigh a lot less.

d)

It would weigh a lot more.

11.

Which describes the particles of a gas?

a)

A gas has a definite shape and a definite volume.

b)

A gas has a definite shape and no definite volume.

c)

A gas has no definite shape and no definite volume.

d)

A gas only has a definite volume.

12.

Which is an example of a physical change?

a)

Ice cream melting

b)

rust on a bicycle

c)

a firework exploding

d)

a candle burning

13.

How does matter change from one state to another?

a)
adding mass
b)

adding volume

c)
removing volume
d)

removing or adding energy

14.

Remi sat a piece of ice out on the deck in the sunshine. When she went outside a few minutes later, the ice cube had changed. What type of change took place?

a)

chemical change

b)

physical change

15.

Which happens when baking soda mixes with vinegar?

a)

the substances stay the same

b)

a new substance is formed

c)

the baking soda stays the same, but the vinegar changes form

d)

the mixture turns from a liquid into a solid

16.

When heat energy is added to particles, what happens to the particles?

a)

the particles begin to move faster

b)

the particles move much slower than before

c)

all of the particles stay the same even when the heat is added

d)

the particles begin to disappear and there are fewer of them

17.

Changing from one state of matter to another does not involve energy.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Ms. Meyer ordered a sweet tea from a restaurant. They only had unsweet tea so Ms. Meyer had to add her own sweetener. If she had 240 mL of tea and added 14 mL of sugar to the tea, what would be the mass of her drink?

(you are not including the cup in this measurement)

a)

240 mL because the mass would stay the same

b)

254 mL because each item would keep its own mass and you are combining the two masses together.

c)

226 mL because the 14mL of sugar would dissolve in the liquid

d)

200 mL because some of the tea would be lost in the sugar