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Quiz on Matter and Its Properties

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is matter?

a)

Anything that has mass and takes up space

b)

Only solid objects

c)

Only liquids and gases

d)

Only visible objects

2.

Which of the following is a pure substance?

a)

Sodium chloride

b)

Sea salt

c)

Mixed nuts

d)

Air

3.

What type of property can be observed without changing the substance?

a)

None of the above

b)

Both chemical and physical properties

c)

Physical properties

d)

Chemical properties

4.

What is an atom?

a)

A large molecule

b)

The basic unit of all matter

c)

A type of mixture

d)

A chemical bond

5.

What is a compound?

a)

A mixture of two or more substances

b)

A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined

c)

A single type of atom

d)

A physical property

6.

Which of the following is an example of a heterogeneous mixture?

a)

Juice

b)

Bowl of mixed nuts

c)

Air

d)

Saltwater

7.

What happens during a chemical change?

a)

The substance remains the same

b)

No change occurs

c)

The substance changes into something else

d)

Only physical properties change

8.

Which method is used to separate liquids by boiling them?

a)

Magnetic attraction

b)

Distillation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Filtration

9.

What is a molecule?

a)

A group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

b)

A type of mixture

c)

A single atom

d)

A physical property

10.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a homogeneous mixture?

a)

Has a set ratio of components

b)

Cannot be easily separated

c)

Different parts can be seen

d)

Easily separated

11.

What is a mixture?

a)

Two or more substances that are blended together without forming new substances.

b)

Oil and water.

12.

What is an atom?

a)

Only solids.

b)

Only liquids.

c)

The smallest unit of an element that has the properties of that element.

d)

Only gases.

13.

Name the two main types of mixtures.

a)

pure substances and compounds

b)

solutions and suspensions

c)

homogeneous mixtures and heterogeneous mixtures

d)

elements and compounds

14.

Give an example of a homogeneous mixture.

a)

chocolate chip cookie

b)

oil and vinegar dressing

c)

saltwater solution

d)

sand and iron

15.

Give an example of a heterogeneous mixture.

a)

cake

b)

smoothie

c)

salad

d)

soup

16.

What is distillation?

a)

Distillation is a process used to separate mixtures based on the difference in boiling points of the components.

b)

Distillation is a process used to separate mixtures based on the difference in melting points of the components.

c)

Distillation is a process used to combine mixtures based on the difference in boiling points of the components.

d)

Distillation is a process used to filter mixtures based on the difference in boiling points of the components.

17.
a)
heterogeneous mixture
b)
homogeneous mixture
18.
Air
a)
Heterogeneous
b)
Homogeneous
19.

This is an example of a

a)

Solution

b)

Mixture

20.

It is a technique in separating a mixture by allowing the liquid to evaporate or change the liquid into gaseous form, leaving the soluble solid in the container.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Decantation

c)

Distillation

d)

Floatation

21.

What kind of technique is being used when you are going to separate the insoluble solid from a liquid and you are going to used a mesh cloth or filter paper?

a)

Floatation

b)

Handpicking

c)

Evaporation

d)

Filtration

22.

What kind of separating technique is being used to remove the iron fillings in a sand?

a)

Floatation

b)

Chromatography

c)

Magnetism

d)

Distillation

23.

It is a process of separating liquids from a solution based on the differences between the boiling point of the substances of a mixture.

a)

Decantation

b)

Distillation

c)

Winnowing

d)

Chromatography

24.

It is a kind of mixture that the phases or substances are all visible.

a)

Homogeneous mixture

b)

Salt and water mixture

c)

Milk mixture

d)

Heterogenous mixture

25.

What Characteristic of mixture is being of observed in coffee mixture?

a)

Colloid

b)

Heterogenous mixture

c)

Homogeneous mixture

d)

Magnetism