Name: __________________________________ Score: ___________________
1. What is matter? B. Boiling water D. Cutting paper
A. Anything that takes up space Answer: C
B. Anything that has mass and volume 14. Which of the following is an example of a physical
C. Anything that can be touched or seen change?
D. All of the above A. Burning wood C. Digesting food
Answer: D B. Cutting paper D. Rusting iron
2. What is the smallest particle of matter? Answer: B
A. Atom C. Ion 15. What is the law of conservation of mass?
B. Molecule D. Electron A. Matter cannot be created or destroyed
Answer: A B. Matter can be created but not destroyed
3. Which state of matter has a definite volume but no C. Matter can be destroyed but not created
definite shape? D. None of the above
A. Solid C. Gas Answer: A
B. Liquid D. Plasma 16. What is an element?
Answer: B A. A type of mixture
4. Which state of matter has no definite shape or B. A pure substance made of only one type of atom
volume? C. A pure substance made of two or more different
A. Solid C. Gas types of atoms
B. Liquid D. Plasma D. A type of compound
Answer: C Answer: B
5. What happens to the particles of matter as they are 17. What is a compound?
heated? A. A type of mixture
A. They move more slowly B. A pure substance made of only one type of atom
B. They move more quickly C. A pure substance made of two or more different
C. They become smaller types of atoms
D. They become larger D. A type of element
Answer: B Answer: C
6. What is the process called when a solid turn into a 18. What is a mixture?
liquid? A. A pure substance made of only one type of atom
A. Melting C. Sublimation B. A pure substance made of two or more different
B. Freezing D. Condensation types of atoms
Answer: A C. A combination of two or more substances that can be
7. What is the process called when a liquid turn into a separated by physical means
gas? D. A combination of two or more substances that
A. Melting C. Vaporization cannot be separated by physical means
B. Freezing D. Condensation Answer: C
Answer: C 19. Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?
8. What is the process called when a gas turns into a a) Solid c) Gas
liquid? b) Liquid d) Plasma
A. Melting C. Vaporization Answer: d) Plasma
B. Freezing D. Condensation 20. What is the smallest unit of matter?
Answer: D a) Proton c) Atom
9. Which of the following is not a physical property of b) Electron d) Molecule
matter? Answer: c) Atom
A. Color C. Flammability 21. Which state of matter has a fixed shape and
B. Density D. Texture volume?
Answer: C Solid c) Gas
10. What is the formula for density? b) Liquid d) Plasma
A. Mass/volume C. Density = mass x volume Answer: a) Solid
B. Volume/mass D. Density = volume/mass 22. What is the process called when a solid change
Answer: A directly into a gas?
11. What is the unit for measuring mass? a) Melting c) Condensation
A. Gram C. Meter b) Sublimation d) Vaporization
B. Liter D. Second Answer: b) Sublimation
Answer: A 23. What is the process called when a gas changes
12. What is the unit for measuring volume? directly into a solid?
A. Gram C. Meter a) Melting c) Condensation
B. Liter D. Second b) Sublimation d) Vaporization
Answer: B Answer: c) Condensation
13. Which of the following is an example of a chemical 24. Which state of matter has a fixed volume but takes
change? the shape of its container?
A. Melting ice C. Burning wood a) Solid c) Gas
b) Liquid d) Plasma 36-50
Answer: b) Liquid Activity: Boom-GAS-tic Magic!
25. Which state of matter has the highest kinetic
energy? Objectives:
a) Solid c) Gas 1. demonstrate chemical change through this experiment.
b) Liquid d) Plasma 2. identify the evidence of chemical change involved.
Answer: c) Gas
26. Which of the following is NOT an example of a Materials:
• Balloon
physical change?
a) Melting ice c) Cutting paper • Small bottle (cleaned glass beverage bottle will work
b) Burning wood d) Boiling water well)
Answer: b) Burning wood • Small funnel
27. Which of the following is NOT an example of a • Baking soda (2 tablespoons)
chemical change? • Vinegar (½ cup)
a) Rusting of iron c) Melting of ice
b) Digestion of food d) Burning of wood Procedure:
Answer: c) Melting of ice 1. Using the funnel, add the baking soda to the balloon
28. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic 2. Pour the vinegar into the bottle.
property of matter? 3. Carefully fit the balloon over the bottle opening (be
a) Density c) Mass careful not to drop the baking soda into the vinegar yet).
b) Color d) Weight 4. Once the balloon is fitted snugly on the nozzle, hold
Answer: d) Weight up the balloon and allow the baking soda to fall into the
29. What is the SI unit of mass? vinegar. Feel the bottle if there is a change in
a) Kilogram c) Milligram temperature.
b) Gram d) Microgram
Answer: a) Kilogram
30. Which law of physics states that energy cannot be
created or destroyed, only transferred, or transformed?
a) Law of Inertia
b) Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
c) Law of Thermodynamics
d) Ohm's Law
Answer: c) Law of Thermodynamics
31. What is the process called when a gas changes into
a liquid?
a) Melting c) Condensation
b) Sublimation d) Vaporization
Answer: c) Condensation 5. Observe the chemical reaction and effect on the
32. What is the process called when a liquid change into balloon.
a gas? 6. Record observations.
a) Melting c) Condensation
b) Sublimation d) Vaporization Guide Questions:
Answer: d) Vaporization 1. What do you think will happen when baking soda and
vinegar come in contact (what will be produced)? (5pts)
33. Which of the following is NOT a physical property of
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matter?
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a) Boiling point c) Reactivity _____________________________________________
b) Solubility d) Density _____________________________
Answer: c) Reactivity
34. Which of the following is NOT a chemical property 2. What do you think will happen to the balloon
of matter? attached? (5pts)
a) Flammability c) Reactivity _____________________________________________
b) Toxicity d) Boiling point _____________________________________________
Answer: d) Boiling point _____________________________________________
25. Which state of matter has the lowest kinetic _____________________________
energy?
a) Solid c) Gas 3. Why does the balloon start blowing up? (5pts)
b) Liquid d) Plasma _____________________________________________
Answer: a) solid _____________________________________________
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