Science Module Form 1 – Chapter 3

EXERCISE 1
Name : __________________ Form : ____________

Date : _____________

Section A 5.
Matter
1. Which of the following statements
best describes matter?
A. Matter has volume
B. Living things are matter Solid X Gas
C. Matter can be measured
D. Matter has mass and occupies Diagram 2
space
Diagram 2 shows the
2. Which of the following is not true classification of matter. Which of
about matter the following substances
A. Matter has a fixed volume represents X?
B. Air is an example of matter. A. Ice
C. Matter exists in three different B. Air
states C. Steam
D. Matter is made up of tiny D. Cooking oil
discrete particles.
6. Which of the following is a
3. Which of the following is not characteristic of matter that
matter? makes up living and non-living
A. Air objects?
B. Birds A. Its shape does not change
C. Lightning B. It has mass and shape
D. Rainwater C. It has volume
D. It has mass and occupies
space

7. 50cm3 of liquid X was added to

50 cm3 of liquid Y. What would
be the final volume of liquids X
and Y if both mixed well?
A. Exactly 100 cm3
B. Slightly less than 100 cm3
Diagram 1 C. A lot less than 100 cm3
D. More than 100 cm3
4. What conclusion can you make
from this experiment?
A. Air has mass
B. Air does not has mass
C. Air does not occupies space
D. Air is made up of particles.

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8. Diagram 3 shows an experiment. 12. What are the characteristics of a

gas?
A. Gas a fixed shape and volume
B. Gas has a variable shape and
a fixed volume.
C. Gas has no fixed shape and a
variable volume
D. Gas has a fixed shape and a
variable volume
Diagram 3

13. Diagram 4 shows three states of

matter X, Y and Z.
What can you infer from this
experiment?
A. Air diffuses through the wall of
beaker
B. Air occupies space
C. Air has mass
D. The density of air is low Diagram 4

9. Which of the following has a Which of the following is paired

fixed shape? correctly?
A. Solids
B. Liquids X Y Z
C. Gases A Gas Liquid Solid
D. Fluids B Solid Liquid Gas
C Liquid Solid Gas
10. Which of the following D Gas Solid Liquid
substances move the fastest?
A. Zinc
B. Water vapor 14. Which of the following describes
C. Mercury the arrangement of particles in
D. Alcohol the liquid state?
A. Close together in orderly
11. What is the difference between Arrangement
matter in the liquid and gaseous B. Close together but not in
states? orderly arrangement.
A. The particles in a liquid are C. Far apart and in a random
heavier Arrangement
B. The particles in a liquid are D. A lot of space among the
closer particles
C. The particles in a liquid are
lighter
D. The particles in a liquid are
smaller

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Section B

1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box below.

solids shape mass container particles

liquids volume space gases

(a) Matter is anything that has ____________ and occupies _____________.

(b) There are tree states of matter : ____________, _____________ and
____________.
(c) A solid has a fixed ______________ and _______________.
(d) A liquid takes the shape of the _______________ it fills.
(e) Matter is made up of tiny and discrete _______________.

2. Diagram 1 shows pictures of three states of matter.

Diagram 1

(f) Label the states of matter for each of the pictures using the words below.

Liquid Solid Gas

(g) Based on the above pictures, draw the arrangement of the particles in
each state of matter.

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

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3. Underline the correct answer in the bracket.

(a) Light is a ( matter, non-matter )

(b) An example of non- matter is ( heat, air )
(c) Matter is made up of ( tiny , large ) particles.
(d) A solid is made up of particles that are ( loosely, closely ) packed.
(e) A liquid has a definite ( volume , shape ).
(f) The space between gas particles is ( small , large ) and the space
between solid particles is ( small , large )
(g) Sound is a ( matter, non-matter )
(h) The mass per unit volume of an object is called the ( weight , density )
(i) The random movements of particles in matter are known as ( Brownian ,
Freelance ) motion.
(j) Particles in a solid ( can , cannot ) move freely.

4. Write (T) for a true statement and (F) for a false statement.
(a) All living things are matter . ________
(b) Matter consists of tiny and discrete particles. __________
(c) Heat is a matter. __________
(d) Some non-living things are non-matter. __________
(e) Matter exists as solid, liquid and gas. ___________
(f) The space between the solid particles is large. ________
(g) The gas particles are closely packed and in an orderly arrangement.
________
(h) The particles of a gas can only vibrate and spin in fixed positions.
_________
(i) All gases are less dense than water. _________
(j) The attractive force between solid particles are very weak. _________

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EXERCISE 2
Name : __________________ Form : ____________

Date : _____________

Section A
A balloon inflate bigger as you
1. Which of the following is true blow air into it.
about matter?
A. Matter is a substance that has
a definite shape 4. What inference can you make
B. Matter is a substance that from the above observation?
exists in gaseous, liquid and A. Air is a gas
solid states B. Air is matter
C. Matter is a substance that is C. Air has mass
high in density D. Air occupies space
D. Matter is a substance that has
mass and occupies space 5. Which of the following is not
matter?
2. Which of the following is not A. Air
matter? B. Soil
A. Stone C. Water
B. Oil D. Sound
C. Oxygen
D. Light 6. What is matter made up of?
A. Air
B. Cells
C. Solids
D. Particles

Diagram 1 Diagram 2

3. Diagram 1 shows a balloon 7. Diagram 2 shows the

before and after is pumped into it. arrangement of particles of a
What conclusion can you make substance. Which of the following
from this experiment? substances has such
A. Air has mass arrangement of particles?
B. Air can be compressed A. Ice
C. Air occupies space B. Water
D. Balloon has mass C. Steam
D. Iron rod

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C. The volume of gas particles

8. Which of the following statements
is true about a solid?
A. It has a fixed volume .
B. Its particles move freely.
C. Its particles glide over one
another.
D. The attractive forces between
its particles are very weak.
9. Which of the following defines
densities correctly?
A. The density of a substance is
its volume in a unit mass.
B. The density of a substance is
its mass in a unit volume.
C. The density of a substance is
its weight in a unit volume.
D. The density of a substance is
its volume in a unit weight.
10. Which of the following shows the
states of the substances under
room temperature correctly?
Solid Liquid
A Alcohol Mercury
B Mercury Alcohol Steam
C Iron Mercury
D Steam Water
is bigger than the volume of
the liquid particles.
D. The spaces between the gas
particles are bigger than the
spaces between the liquid
particles.
Questions 12 and 13 are based
on Diagram 3.
12. In Diagram 3, solid P, Q and R
are put into a measuring cylinder
containing liquids X and Y.
Liquids X and Y do not mix.
Which of the following statements
is true?
A. Q is denser than Y.
Gas B. X is denser than Q.
Ice C. P is less dense than Y.
D. R is less dense than X.
Air
Air 13. Which of the following could be
the density of P, X and R?

P X R
It is easier to compress a gas 3 3 3
A 2.1g/cm 1.8g/cm 1.2g/cm
than to compress a liquid. B 0.9g/cm
3
1.0g/cm
3
2.1g/cm
3
3 3 3
C 1.0g/cm 0.9g/cm 2.1g/cm
3 3 3
D 0.4g/cm 13.4g/cm 11.8g/cm

11. Which of the following explains 14. 20 g of an iron has a volume of

the above information? 2.5 cm3. What is the density of
A. The size of gas particles is the iron rod?
bigger than the size of the A.
8.0 g/cm3
liquid particles. B. 50.0 g/cm3
B. The mass of gas particles is C. 1.25 g/cm3
bigger than the mass of the D. 0.125 g/cm3
liquid particles.

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Section B

1. What conclusion can be drawn from activity in Diagram 1?

Diagram 1

Conclusion : ________________________________________________

2. What conclusion can be made from activity in Diagram 2?

Diagram 2

Conclusion : ________________________________________________

3. Complete Diagram 3 to show the arrangement of particles in matter.

Solid Liquid Gas

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4. Complete the three states of matter.

Differences Solid Liquid Gas

Particles
arrangement
Attractive force

Energy content

5. (a) Write the formula of density?

(b) Calculate the density of an alcohol if the volume is 60 cm3 and its
mass 20g.

6. Draw the observation when petrol, water and mercury are put into a
measuring cylinder.

Substance Density

Petrol 0.75 g/cm3

Mercury 13.6 g/cm3
Water 1.0 g/cm3

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