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Properties and Characteristics of Matter Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The point at which a liquid boils and eventually turns to water vapor.

a)

Boiling Point

b)

Melting Point

c)

Solubility

d)

Solute

2.

The process of turning in to a solid, liquid, or gas.

a)

Change of State/Phase Change

b)

Melting

c)

Freezing

d)

Sublimation

3.

The ability or inability of a substance to combine with or change into one or more new substances.

Example: Rusting

a)

Physical Property

b)

Chemical Property

4.

To arrange in categories based on shared qualities or characteristics.

a)

Conductivity

b)

Solubility

c)

Classify

d)

Gravitational Pull

5.

The ability or inability to conduct electricity.

a)

Magnetism

b)

Solubility

c)

Conductivity

d)

Density

6.

How tightly packed particles are in matter. The formula to calculate it is mass / volume. ________ equals LOVE

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Density

d)

Conductivity

7.

The process of a liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid.

Example: The sun evaporating a puddle on a sidewalk.

a)

Sublimation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Melting

d)

Freezing

8.

The temperature at which a liquid turns to a solid when cooled.

a)

Melting Point

b)

Freezing Point

9.

Matter that has no definite volume and no definite shape

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

10.

Attraction caused by gravity

a)

Magnetism

b)

Freezing

c)

Boiling Point

d)

Gravitational Pull

11.

Thermal energy transferred due to a temperature difference.

a)

Heat

b)

Magnetism

c)

Conductivity

d)

Mass

12.

Matter with a definite volume but no definite shape, it takes the shape of its container

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

13.

The power to attract using magnets. In order to remove iron filings from flour, you could use a magnet due to iron being this physical property.

a)

Melting

b)

Magnetism

c)

Conductivity

d)

Melting Point

14.

The amount of matter (stuff) in an object.

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Density

15.

The temperature at which a solid will turn to a liquid.

a)

Boiling Point

b)

Melting Point

16.

A characteristic of matter that you can observe or measure without changing the identity of the matter.

Example: Color, mass, length

a)

Chemical Property

b)

Physical Property

17.

The emission of energy in the form of radiation

a)

Melting

b)

Radioactivity

c)

Boilign

d)

Conductivity

18.

Matter than has a definite shape and a definite volume.

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

19.

The ability of a solute to dissolve into a solvent.

a)

Solubility

b)

Magnetism

c)

Conductivity

d)

Radioactivity

20.

The substance that dissolves in a solvent.

Example: Sugar is the _______ and water is the solvent when you are making lemonade.

a)

Magnetism

b)

Conductivity

c)

Solute

d)

Heat

21.

A substance, usually a liquid, that is capable of dissolving one of more other substances

a)

Magnetism

b)

Solvent

c)

Conductivity

d)

Gravitational Pull

22.

The density of matter compared to the density of a standard.

Example: Helium is less dense than air, Aluminum is more dense than water

a)

Magnetism

b)

Specific Gravity

(Relative Density)

c)

Melting Point

d)

Density

23.

Matter being a solid, liquid, or gas

a)

Solute

b)

Magnetism

c)

State of Matter

d)

Conductivity

24.

Caused by heat or changes in temperature

a)

Solubility

b)

Thermal

c)

Magnetism

d)

Freezing Point

25.

The amount of space a sample of matter occupies.

a)

Matter

b)

Mass

c)

Volume

d)

Density

26.

The heaviness of an object. The _______ of something is affected by gravity.

Example: Your _______ on Earth is different than your weight on the moon.

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Density

d)

Volume