Science Revision Worksheet 2 LGS 42-B III

Name: _________________________ Grade: 8 Sec: __ Date:____________

States of Matter
Q1. This question is about the three states of matter.

(a) Which state of matter has the strongest forces between its particles?

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(b) Draw straight lines to match the state of matter with the description of the spacing of the
particles.
state of matter description

gas spread far apart

liquid closely packed in

a regular pattern

closely packed
solid but not in a
pattern

(c) Youssef puts a small amount of water into a flat dish.

He then leaves the dish outside in the warm sunshine. After a while the water disappears.

Explain what happens to the water particles.

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Structure of the atom

Q2. Ernest Rutherford helped to develop a model of the atom.
(a) Label the diagram of a helium atom.

(b) Ernest
Rutherford fired very small particles at a thin gold foil.
The diagram shows the path of the particles.

Most of the
particles pass straight through the gold foil.
Other particles are scattered when they hit part of the gold atom.
(i) What part of the gold atom causes the small particles to scatter?

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(ii) Which part of the gold foil atom causes the small particles to pass without deflection?

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(iii) What part of the gold atom causes the small particles to relect?

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Science Revision Worksheet 2 LGS 42-B III

Periodic Table
Q3. Look at the diagram. It shows some of the elements in the Periodic Table.
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Use this Periodic Table to answer these questions.

(a) Write down the chemical symbol of the most reactive element in Group 1.

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(b) An atom of an element has only one proton inside its nucleus.

Write down the chemical symbol for this element.

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(c) Write down the chemical symbol of the element in Group 7 (Group 17) and Period 3.

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(d) Write down the name of the element in the same group as boron.

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(e) Write down the name of an element in Group 4 and Period 2.

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The particle theory

Q4. Jamal investigate diffusion of ink in water.

He uses this apparatus,

Science Revision Worksheet 2 LGS 42-B III

Jamal records the time takes for the ink in each tube to diffuse evenly.

(a)The same volume of water is used in each test tube.Why is this important?

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(i) Finish plotting the graph using Jamal’s results.

(ii) Jamal thinks that result for one temperature is wrong.

The wrong result is at……………………..oC

(iii) Draw the best straight line through the correct points.

(c)Jamal notices his results show a pattern. Describe the pattern of this results

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(d)Suggest one way Jamal could improve his investigation.

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