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7th Grade Matter Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a substance?

a)

A characteristic of a physical property

b)

A group of atoms held together by bonds

c)

A single kind of matter with a specific composition

d)

A mixture of different elements

2.

What is a physical property?

a)

A characteristic that can be observed without changing the matter

b)

A property that changes the matter into another type

c)

A property that describes the ability to become something else

d)

A property that involves chemical reactions

3.

What does solubility refer to?

a)

The density of a substance

b)

The ability of a substance to conduct electricity

c)

The ability of a substance to change state

d)

The ease with which a substance dissolves into another

4.

What is a chemical property?

a)

A property that involves physical changes

b)

A property that describes the ability to become something else

c)

A property that can be observed without changing the substance

d)

A property that measures solubility

5.

What is an element?

a)

A mixture of different substances

b)

A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds

c)

A substance made up of only one type of atom

d)

A substance made of two or more elements

6.

What is a molecule?

a)

A property of a substance

b)

A mixture of different elements

c)

A group of 2 or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

d)

A single atom

7.

What is a compound?

a)

A single element

b)

A mixture of substances

c)

A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined

d)

A physical property of a substance

8.

What is a mixture?

a)

A single kind of matter with a specific composition

b)

A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined

c)

Two or more substances together without chemical bonding

d)

A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds

9.

What is distillation?

a)

A method of separating a mixture of liquids by boiling

b)

A physical property of metals

c)

A process of mixing substances

d)

A chemical reaction between elements

10.

What is a metal?

a)

A non-conductive substance

b)

A shiny, dense substance that conducts heat and electricity

c)

A mixture of different elements

d)

A chemical property of a substance

11.

Which of the following is a characteristic of metals?

a)

They dissolve easily in water

b)

They are shiny and conduct electricity

c)

They are non-conductive

d)

They are made of only one type of atom

12.

What is the main difference between a compound and a mixture?

a)

Compounds are physically combined, mixtures are chemically combined

b)

Compounds are chemically combined, mixtures are physically combined

c)

Compounds are made of one element, mixtures are made of multiple elements

d)

Compounds are always liquids, mixtures are always solids

13.

Which of the following is an example of a physical property?

a)

Flammability

b)

Reactivity with acid

c)

Ability to rust

d)

Color

14.

What is the smallest unit of an element?

a)

Mixture

b)

Molecule

c)

Compound

d)

Atom

15.

Which of the following best describes a chemical change?

a)

A change in state from solid to liquid

b)

A change that results in a new substance

c)

A change in size or shape

d)

A change in temperature