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WorksheetsYear 8 STEM - Intro to Matter
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. What is matter?
Anything that can be seen
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Anything that can be touched
Anything that is solid
2. What are the building blocks of matter?
Molecules
Compounds
Atoms
Elements
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of solids?
Shape is a variable
Volume is a variable
Mass is variable
Shape is constant
4. How are the atoms or molecules arranged in a solid?
Loosely packed and moving freely
Tightly packed and fixed in place
Loosely packed and sliding past each other
Very far apart and moving freely
5. Which of the following is true about liquids?
Volume is constant
Shape is constant
Volume is a variable
Mass is variable
6. How do the atoms or molecules behave in a liquid?
They are tightly packed and fixed in place
They are very loosely arranged and far apart
They slide and roll past each other
They are fixed in a rigid structure
7. What is true about gases?
Shape is constant and volume is constant
Shape is constant and volume is variable
Shape is variable and volume is constant
Shape is variable and volume is variable
8. How are the atoms or molecules arranged in a gas?
Tightly packed and fixed in place
Loosely packed and sliding past each other
Very loosely arranged and very far apart
Tightly packed but able to move freely
9. What happens to the state of matter when a substance is heated?
It can change from solid to liquid or liquid to gas
It always turns into a gas
It always turns into a solid
It never changes
10. Which process describes a solid turning into a liquid?
Freezing
Melting
Evaporation
Condensation
11. Which process describes a liquid turning into a gas?
Freezing
Melting
Evaporation
Condensation
12. What is an element?
A substance made from different types of atoms
A substance made from one type of atom
A combination of molecules
A mixture of compounds
13. What is a compound?
Atoms of different elements combined
A mixture of different elements
A single type of atom
A substance that cannot change state
