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Conservation of Matter

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
6. What type of state change is occurring when water is boiled until it becomes water vapor?
a)
Solid to gas
b)
Solid to liquid
c)
Liquid to solid
d)
Liquid to gas
2.
7. What type of change is occurring when candle wax melts?
a)
Chemical change; solid to liquid
b)
Chemical change; liquid to solid
c)
Physical change; solid to liquid
d)
Physical change; liquid to solid
3.

8. Aiden got one scoop of ice cream from the tub in his freezer. The combined weight of his bowl and ice cream was 7 ounces. He left the ice cream outside on a hot day and returned to find melted ice cream. What can you predict the combined weight of the bowl and melted ice cream will be, in ounces?

(a)  

4.
9. Ellie placed an ice cube directly onto her kitchen scale. The scale read 10 grams. Then, she placed the ice cube in a bowl and left it to melt in the kitchen. The next morning, she placed the bowl with the melted ice cube in it on the scale. The scale read 14 ounces. Which statement explains why the weight was different the next day?
a)
Heat caused the weight of ice cube to increase.
b)
The weight of the bowl affected the experiment.
c)
Physical changes result in a change in weight.
d)
The ice cube changed from a solid to a liquid.
5.
10. The 5th graders at Redwood Elementary School conducted an experiment where they weighed a chocolate bar, then allowed it to melt outside on a hot day and weighed it again. Which graph represents the likely results of the experiment?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
6.

What is matter?

a)

A. a form that matter can exist in (solid, liquid, gas)

b)

B. an irreversible change that creates a new substance

c)

C. anything that takes up space and has weight

d)

D. maintained; stayed the same

e)

E. a reversible change that does not create a new substance

7.

What is a state (of matter)?

a)

A. a form that matter can exist in (solid, liquid, gas)

b)

B. an irreversible change that creates a new substance

c)

C. anything that takes up space and has weight

d)

D. maintained; stayed the same

e)

E. a reversible change that does not create a new substance

8.

What does conserved mean?

a)

A. a form that matter can exist in (solid, liquid, gas)

b)

B. an irreversible change that creates a new substance

c)

C. anything that takes up space and has weight

d)

D. maintained; stayed the same

e)

E. a reversible change that does not create a new substance

9.

What is a physical change?

a)

A. a form that matter can exist in (solid, liquid, gas)

b)

B. an irreversible change that creates a new substance

c)

C. anything that takes up space and has weight

d)

D. maintained; stayed the same

e)

E. a reversible change that does not create a new substance

10.

What is a chemical change?

a)

A. a form that matter can exist in (solid, liquid, gas)

b)

B. an irreversible change that creates a new substance

c)

C. anything that takes up space and has weight

d)

D. maintained; stayed the same

e)

E. a reversible change that does not create a new substance

11.
What are the three states of matter?
a)
solid, volume, mass
b)
density, volume, mass
c)
solid, liquid, gas
d)
density, gas, volume
12.

Which is a physical change?

a)

burning paper

b)

melting ice

c)

burning firewood

d)

food decomposing

13.

50 grams of salt are dissolved in 300 grams of water.

What is the mass of the saline solution?

a)

250 grams

b)

300 grams

c)

50 grams

d)

350 grams

14.

The Law of Conservation of Matter states that the total amount of matter _____ after it undergoes change.

a)

disappears

b)

stays the same

c)

weighs less

d)

explodes

15.

Is this an example of a physical or chemical change?

a)

physical

b)

chemical

16.

a different way to say Law of Conservation of Matter

a)

Law of Conservation of Volume

b)

Law of Conservation of Energy

c)

Law of Conservation of Mass

d)

Law of Conservation of Environment

17.

An oreo cookie has a mass of 20 grams. It gets crushed into crumbs for a recipe. What is the mass of the crumbs?

a)

15 grams

b)

25 grams

c)

20 grams

18.

What happens to the mass of materials before and after an experiment?

a)

The mass remains the same.

b)

The mass decreases.

c)

The mass increases.

d)

The mass becomes zero.