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Properties of Matter and Change

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is matter?

a)

Anything that has mass and takes up space

b)

The ability to conduct heat or electricity

c)

The smallest unit of an element

d)

A measure of the amount of matter

2.

Which property of matter is not affected by temperature or location?

a)

Volume

b)

Weight

c)

Mass

d)

Density

3.

What is the difference between mass and weight?

a)

Mass is a measure of the amount of matter, while weight is a measure of the gravitational force on a body

b)

Mass and weight are the same thing

c)

Mass is a measure of the gravitational force on a body, while weight is a measure of the amount of matter

d)

Mass and weight are not reliable ways to measure matter

4.

Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

5.

Which state of matter has a definite volume but no fixed shape?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

6.

Which state of matter has neither a definite shape nor volume?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

7.

What is solubility?

a)

The ability to conduct heat or electricity

b)

A measure of how easily something burns

c)

A measure of how easily a substance dissolves in another substance

d)

The ability to change from one phase to another

8.

What is flammability?

a)

The ability to conduct heat or electricity

b)

A measure of how easily something burns

c)

A measure of how easily a substance dissolves in another substance

d)

The ability to change from one phase to another

9.

What are physical properties and physical changes?

a)

Descriptions of the substance and how it changes without any chemical change; it still has the same properties

b)

How the substance interacts and forms new substances with different properties

c)

The substances that go into a chemical reaction

d)

The substances made at the end of the chemical reaction

10.

What are chemical properties and chemical changes?

a)

Descriptions of the substance and how it changes without any chemical change; it still has the same properties

b)

How the substance interacts and forms new substances with different properties

c)

The substances that go into a chemical reaction

d)

The substances made at the end of the chemical reaction

11.

What is the term for the amount of space that matter occupies?

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Volume

d)

Density

12.

What is the smallest unit of a compound that still retains the properties of that compound?

a)

Atom

b)

Molecule

c)

Element

d)

Compound

13.

What is the term for a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means?

a)

Compound

b)

Molecule

c)

Element

d)

Atom

14.

__________ is a reliable way to measure matter

a)

volume

b)

mass

c)

weight

15.

Smallest unit of an element

a)

compound

b)

molecule

c)

mixture

d)

atom

16.

Which of the following is NOT a group of matter?

a)

compound

b)

element

c)

volume

d)

mixture

17.

A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances

a)

element

b)

compound

c)

mixture

d)

molecule

18.

What is the chemical symbol for Cadmium?

a)

Ci

b)

Cm

c)

Ca

d)

Cd

19.

Which of the following is an example of a compound?

a)

copper

b)

water

c)

hydrogen

d)

titanium

20.

True or False: The elements making up a compound are combined in a definite proportion by mass.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: Compounds can be formed from simpler substances by physical changes.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False: Mixtures are held together physically.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: The composition of compounds are fixed, but mixtures can var.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

A mixture with uniform characteristics

a)

heterogeneous

b)

element

c)

compound

d)

homogeneous

25.

A mixture that has parts with different compositions

a)

compound

b)

heterogeneous

c)

homogeneous

d)

mixture

26.

Milk is a ___________________ mixture.

a)

homogeneous

b)

heterogeneous

27.

A sandwich is a ______________________ mixture.

a)

homogeneous

b)

heterogeneous

28.

Process of passing a mixture through a porous device

a)

decanting

b)

filtration

c)

paper chromatography

d)

evaporation

29.

When the liquid part of a mixture is changed into a gas and the solid(s) are left behind.

a)

evaporation

b)

centrifuge

c)

paper chromatography

d)

filtration

30.

Excess liquid is poured off so only solid particles at the bottom remain.

a)

filtration

b)

centrifuge

c)

evaporation

d)

decanting

31.

Machine used to spin samples rapidly and separate solid particles to the bottom.

a)

evaporation

b)

centrifuge

c)

filtration

d)

paper chromatography

32.

Separates mixtures of dyes

a)

paper chromatography

b)

decanting

c)

filtration

d)

evaporation

33.

Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?

a)

liquid

b)

gas

c)

mixture

d)

solid

34.

True or False: When a substance changes state, only the distance between the particles is changing.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Type of change that produces a new substance.

a)

filtration

b)

physical change

c)

evaporation

d)

chemical change

36.

Which of the following is a physical change?

a)

boiling water

b)

iron rusting

c)

souring of milk

d)

burning paper

37.

Which of the following is a chemical change?

a)

grinding granite

b)

cutting aluminum

c)

burning paper

d)

boiling salt water

38.

True or False: The mass of the products is always equal to the mass of the reactants.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Which element has the following chemical symbol "Cl"?

a)

californium

b)

chlorine

c)

chromium

d)

curium

40.

What is the chemical symbol for potassium?

a)

Pb

b)

P

c)

Pt

d)

K