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Grade 2 Unit 1- Whats the Matter

Unit Assessment Answer Key/Rubric

Part A
1. Total points : 3- one for each column. Partial credit may be for mixed answers.

Solid -1/4 Liquid- 1/4 Gas- 1/3

Marker or crayon-1/4 Dish soap-1/4 Balloon- 1/3

Rock or gravel-1/4 Colored water-1/4 Bag with air -1/3
Sponge, paper towel or Vinegar- 1/4
napkin -1/4

2. Total Point- 2 Students get credit for filling out both the Item Name column and
the Observations column. Must have all data recorded to receive points.

Part B: Individual Assessment

1. Look at your data from number 1 in Part A. Explain why you grouped the items
the way you did.

We made 3 groups: solids, liquids and gases. We put all of the things that were solids
and held their shape in one column, all of the liquids that took the shape of their
container in another and all of the gases that filled the entire space of the contain in
another column.

2. Look at the date from number 2 in Part A, was the material that cleaned the spill
best, a solid, liquid or gas? Why was that property of matter more helpful than
the others?
The material that cleaned the spill best was a solid. This was helpful because the
solid holds its shape so it could pick up the spill without making a bigger mess
like a liquid did. A gas wouldnt help at all because it fills the whole space it is in
so the molecules arent close enough to pick up a spill.
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3. Which item is the most flexible?

a. the branch
b. the belt
c. the book

4. Which item is the hardest?

a. pretzels
b. potato chips
c. tootsie pop

4. Circle all of the pictures that show a REVERSIBLE change

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5. Circle all of the pictures that show an IRREVERSABLE change.

6. In an irreversible change, ____________________.

a. Matter can be changed back
b. Matter cannot be changed back
c. Matter doesnt exist
d. Matter is always liquid