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Matter, Heat Energy, & Force & Motion

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it and therefore carries electricity well

a)

Conductor

b)

Unbalanced Force

c)

Insulator

d)

Reflect

2.

Amount of distance traveled divided by time taken

a)

Motion

b)

Speed

c)

Energy

d)

Conduct

3.

The act or process of changing position and/or direction

a)

Energy

b)

Motion

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Speed

4.

A material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of heat

a)

Electrical Energy

b)

Insulator

c)

Speed

d)

Conductor

5.

Energy that transfers between substances because of a temperature difference between the substances; the transfer of energy is always from the warmer substance to the cooler substance

a)

Conductor

b)

Circuit

c)

Heat Energy

d)

Sound Energy

6.

The transfer of energy through a solid substance or by direct contact is

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

absorption

7.

The transfer of energy through liquid or gas, usually in currents is

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

absorption

8.

The transfer of energy in electromagnetic waves or through space is

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

absorption

d)

radiation

9.

Kinetic energy is

a)

stored energy

b)

chemical energy

c)

potential energy

d)

energy in motion

10.

Potential energy is

a)

kinetic energy

b)

stored energy

c)

energy in motion

d)

sound energy

11.

Substances that allow heat to flow easily are called

a)

protectors

b)

insulators

c)

conductors

d)

convectors

12.

Substances that do not all heat to flow easily are called

a)

radiants

b)

conductors

c)

convectors

d)

insulators

13.

What is mass?

a)

The form matter can take. It is either a solid, liquid or gas.

b)

A change of substance from one form to another without a change in its chemical properties.

c)

To force away or apart.

d)

The amount of matter a substance or object has.

14.

What is physical change?

a)

A change of substance from one form to another without a change in its chemical properties.

b)

The amount of matter a substance or object has.

c)

To force away or apart.

d)

The form matter can take. It is either a solid, liquid or gas.

15.

What is weight

a)

A physical property of a solid used to describe its surface.

b)

A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

c)

The amount of space an object or substance takes up.

d)

The distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time.

16.

What is volume?

a)

The amount of space an object or substance takes up.

b)

A physical property of a solid used to describe its surface.

c)

A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

d)

The distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time.

17.

What is speed?

a)

A physical property of a solid used to describe its surface.

b)

A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

c)

The amount of space an object or substance takes up.

d)

The distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time.

18.

What is force?

a)

To take up and store energy without reflecting or transmitting that energy.

b)

A push or a pull that one object exerts on another object with or without direct contact. Some examples are friction, gravity, magnetism, pushes, and pulls.

c)

Process by which substances are changed into different substance with different properties.

d)

Forces that are unequal in size and may or may not be opposite direction.

19.

What is a chemical change?

a)

A push or a pull that one object exerts on another object with or without direct contact. Some examples are friction, gravity, magnetism, pushes, and pulls.

b)

Forces that are unequal in size and may or may not be opposite direction.

c)

To take up and store energy without reflecting or transmitting that energy.

d)

Process by which substances are changed into different substance with different properties.

20.

What are unbalanced forces?

a)

A push or a pull that one object exerts on another object with or without direct contact. Some examples are friction, gravity, magnetism, pushes, and pulls.

b)

Process by which substances are changed into different substance with different properties.

c)

To take up and store energy without reflecting or transmitting that energy.

d)

Forces that are unequal in size and may or may not be opposite direction.

21.

What is an insulator?

a)

Material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound.

b)

To bounce light, sound or heat off of a surface.

c)

A force that opposes motion through direct contact.

d)

To transmit heat, sound or electricity through a medium.

22.

What is friction?

a)

Material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound.

b)

To bounce light, sound or heat off of a surface.

c)

A force that opposes motion through direct contact.

d)

To transmit heat, sound or electricity through a medium.

23.

What are balanced forces?

a)

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

b)

Forces that are equal in size, but opposite in direction.

c)

A type of energy an object has due to its motion or position.

d)

The relative frequency (high or low) of sound as perceived by a listener.

24.

What is matter?

a)

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

b)

Forces that are equal in size, but opposite in direction.

c)

A type of energy an object has due to its motion or position.

d)

The relative frequency (high or low) of sound as perceived by a listener.

25.

What is mass?

a)

The form matter can take. It is either a solid, liquid or gas.

b)

A change of substance from one form to another without a change in its chemical properties.

c)

To force away or apart.

d)

The amount of matter a substance or object has.

26.

A force that opposes the motion of an object is called _______________.

a)

friction

b)

gravity

c)

heat

27.

Which surface would have the least amount of friction?

a)

a carpet

b)

a concrete sidewalk

c)

a smooth, hardwood floor

28.

What is potential energy?

a)

The energy of motion.

b)

Moving objects.

c)

The flow of electrons.

d)

Stored energy.

29.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

Stored energy.

b)

The energy of motion.

c)

Stored in the height of an object.

d)

The stretching of elastic materials.

30.

On this distance-time graph what is the line showing?

a)

An object going at a constant speed.

b)

An object slowing down.

c)

An object speeding up.

d)

An object stopping.

31.

What are two ways that an object's velocity changes?

a)

Speed, motion, and direction.

b)

Speed and direction.

c)

Motion and speed.

d)

Direction and motion

32.

What is it called when particles are moving thermal energy to different parts of the material like water?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Plasma

33.
The movement, change in direction, changing speed, or stopping of an object by a push or pull is known as ___ .
a)
kinetic energy
b)
force
c)
friction
d)
potential energy
34.
What is the correct order of the states of matter?
a)
Solid, Liquid, Gas
b)
Gas, Liquid, Solid
c)
Liquid, Gas, Solid
d)
Solid, Gas, Liquid
35.

The amount of matter in an object.

a)

Mass

b)

Matter

c)

Physical Properties

d)

Solubility

36.

Properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed.

a)

Physical Properties

b)

Physical State

c)

Solution

d)

Temperature

37.

Does not allow heat or electrical energy to pass through easily.

a)

Insulator

b)

Conductor

c)

Physical State

d)

Temperature

38.

The measure of the energy of motion of the particles in matter.

a)

Temperature

b)

Solubilty

c)

Solution

d)

Matter

39.

The amount of space something takes up.

a)

Volume

b)

Temperature

c)

Physical Changes

d)

Mixture

40.

The ability of a substance to dissolve when mixed in another.

a)

Solubility

b)

Magnetism

c)

Matter

d)

Physical properties

41.

What is the law of conservation of energy?

a)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

b)

Energy can be created or destroyed

c)

Energy is awesome

d)

An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force

42.
Dottie has a material at room temperature. The material has a definite volume and takes the shape of its container. What state of matter is her material? 
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Plasma
43.
In which of these are the particles farthest apart and have the largest motion?
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
matter
44.
Alan measured the mass of an object. What did Alan learn about the object by measuring its mass? 
a)
the type of atoms in the object
b)
the amount of space that the object takes up
c)
the amount of matter in the object
d)
the weight of the object
45.
Julia put a box on a ramp, but the box did not slide down. Which force most likely stopped the box from sliding?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
air resistance
d)
magnetism
46.
Which force pulls objects toward the center of Earth?
a)
weight
b)
gravity
c)
friction
d)
air resistance
47.
Doug and Ben stand back to back. Each boy pushes his back against the other, but neither boy moves. Why? 
a)
They are pushing with equal forces in the same direction
b)
They are pushing with unequal forces in the opposite direction
c)
They are pushing with unequal forces in the same directions
d)
They are pushing with equal forces in opposite directions. 
48.
Which of these is an example of work? 
a)
Standing in line
b)
Lying still on a bed
c)
Throwing a baseball
d)
Leaning against a building
49.

Which law of motion is best described by "inertia"?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

50.

Which law can be simply described with the equation:

F = MxA

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

51.

Newton said that an object at rest stays at rest, with which law?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

52.

If we put the same force on a bowling ball and a soccer ball, the soccer ball will move faster! Which law explains this?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

53.

Which law explains why the driver "keeps moving forwards, even though the car has stopped"?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

54.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Newton's 4th Law
55.
"An object in motion (or at rest) will to stay in motion (or at rest) until an outside force acts upon it."
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Newton's 4th Law
56.
Which is the more accurate piece of glassware for determining the volume of a liquid?
a)
graduated cylinder
b)
beaker
57.

The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid

a)

melting point

b)

freezing point

c)

boiling point

d)

point of condensation

58.

the characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into a different substance

a)

physical property

b)

malleable

c)

chemical property

d)

metamorphosis

59.

the temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas

a)

freezing point

b)

melting point

c)

point of condensation

d)

boiling point

60.

Matter is anything that has ______________and takes up space

a)

color

b)

volume

c)

mass

d)

bugs

61.

a state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

North Carolina

62.

a state of matter that has no definite shape but a definite volume

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

California

63.

a state of matter that has no definite shape and no definite volume

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

New York

64.

Which phase of matter has particles tightly packed together that do not move past each other?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

65.

The ability of one substance (solute) to dissolve in another substance (solvent)

a)

steerability

b)

mixture

c)

likeability

d)

solubility

66.

a substance (usually a liquid) that does the dissolving in a solution

a)

solvent

b)

solubility

c)

;)

d)

peace out

67.

To get larger in size, volume or quantity; when atoms gain heat energy, they move faster and spread out

a)

get fat

b)

expand

c)

shrink

d)

duplicate

68.

Heat energy; effects the motion of molecules in a substance

a)

fire

b)

thermal energy

c)

light energy

d)

radiation

69.

How much mass is present per given volume (mass divided by volume)

a)

solute

b)

dissolve

c)

density

d)

chicken

70.

groups of molecules that are mixed up in even distributions

a)

solution

b)

solvent

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

cat

71.
What is MOVEMENT?
a)
Inertia
b)
Force
c)
Work
d)
Motion
72.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
73.
An object may move when a _______ is applied to it. 
a)
force
b)
gravity
c)
friction
d)
speed
74.
Is gravity a push or a pull?
a)
push
b)
pull
c)
neither
d)
both
75.
Who discovered gravity?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Aaron Abel
76.
Velocity is both ____ and _____. 
a)
speed , direction 
b)
direction, mass
c)
volume, density 
d)
direction, magnitude 
77.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force.  What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
78.

Which of the following is an example of an unbalanced force?

a)
b)
c)
d)
79.
_______________ is the energy of motion.
a)
Potential energy
b)
Kinetic energy
c)
Friction
d)
Gravity
80.
A force is a _______ or a _______.
a)
push, pull
b)
kinetic, potential
c)
gravity, friction
d)
see, saw
81.
The tendency of an object to stay in motion or at rest is called 
a)
velocity
b)
acceleration
c)
speed
d)
inertia
82.
All of these affect inertia except 
a)
size
b)
mass
c)
shape
d)
color
83.
wood is a _____?
a)
conductor
b)
insulator