Classifying Matter, Properties and Changes

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Middle school level review of matter states and changes.
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Question 1

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Which of these is a pure substance?
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  • A bar of gold
  • Soil
  • Blood

Question 2

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A drop of melted wax falls on a table. It cools and becomes solid. How has it changed?
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  • It not longer has a fixed volume
  • Its atoms have stopped moving
  • It has a fixed shape

Question 3

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Suppose that you examine an unknown liquid. You determine that it contains a single type of molecule. What is the liquid?
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  • A pure substance
  • A heterogeneous mixture
  • A homogeneous mixture

Question 4

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An example of evaporation is when:
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  • Ice in a freezer slowly forms ice crystals
  • Grass wet with dew slowly dries in the morning sunshine
  • Just-washed hands are rubbed on a towel

Question 5

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Which of these is a physical change, not a chemical change?
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  • Ripening apples turning red
  • Rusting tools become reddish brown
  • Painting a cloth red

Question 6

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As your stomach digests food, this would be considered a:
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  • Physical change
  • Chemical change
  • Matter state change

Question 7

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Which of the following choices contains only physical properties?
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  • mass, color, ability to rust
  • ability to be shaped, volume, ability to burn
  • ability to break, ability to bend, texture

Question 8

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As a solid heats up, its particles gain energy and vibrate faster. When they vibrate enough, the particles move away from one another. This describes
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  • freezing
  • evaporation
  • melting

Question 9

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Which of these has the highest melting point?
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  • a stainless steel teaspoon
  • ice
  • cooking oil

Question 10

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A red liquid and a yellow liquid are mixed together. The result is an orange liquid that bubbles. This is evidence of
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  • physical change
  • chemical change
  • physical property

Question 11

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A red and yellow liquid are mixed together. The result is an orange liquid. This is evidence of a
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  • physical change
  • chemical change
  • physical property

Question 12

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Which of these is a chemical change, not a physical change?
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  • A sweater turns purple from a grape juice stain
  • Burning wood turns into ashes and smoke
  • Bubbles escape from boiling water

Question 13

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During the phase change lab, the H2O molecules were
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  • moving faster and spreading out
  • slowing down and getting closer
  • becoming more dense
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