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Science Quiz: Chapter 10 Matter and its Properties

Multiple Choice – 5 points each

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following best describes matter?

a. anything that is made of only one element
b. anything that takes up space and has mass
c. anything that is found on the periodic table
d. anything that you can observe with your senses

____ 2. A scientist describes an object as small, shiny, and bumpy. The scientist is
observing the object’s ____.
a. senses
b. density
c. volume
d. properties

____ 3. What type of matter is made of particles that are tightly packed together and
firmly connected?
a. gas
b. solid
c. liquid
d. plasma

____ 4. How is a gas different from a solid?

a. A gas has a certain shape that does not change.
b. A gas changes shape over a long period of time.
c. A gas spreads out to fill whatever space is available.
d. A gas has a tightly packed shape, but jiggles very quickly.

____ 5. How are elements organized in the periodic table?

a. They are organized by their individual shapes.
b. They are organized by the mass of each element.
c. They are organized by their individual properties.
d. They are organized by the volume of each element.
____ 6. Which choice below best completes the sentence?
____ is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that
element.
a. a solid
b. a gram
c. an atom
d. an ounce

____ 7. Look at the illustration below.

What is the volume of the rock?

a. 1 mL
b. 5 mL
c. 25 mL
d. You cannot tell from the picture.

____ 8. How is mass different from weight?

a. Mass is different in different places.
b. Mass is measured in ounces and pounds.
c. Mass changes from Earth to the Moon.
d. Mass remains the same no matter where the object is.
____ 9. A golfer hits a ball into a pond. The ball sinks in the pond. What does this tell
the golfer about the golf ball?
a. The golf ball had little buoyancy.
b. The golf ball had a lot of buoyancy.
c. The golf ball is less dense than the water.
d. The golf ball must have had cork in the middle.

____ 10. Which of the following is best measured with kilometers?

a. the length of a pencil
b. the height of a student
c. the length of a classroom
d. the distance from one city to another

____ 11. How can you measure the volume of a box?

a. Use a balance.
b. See how many cubes of a known size fit inside the box.
c. Use a hand lens to see the small markings on a metric ruler.
d. Compare the mass of the box with the mass of a standard box
of the same size.

____ 12. Which of these is a solid?

a. a book
b. milk
c. air
d. raindrop

____ 13. What can you use to measure the volume of a liquid?
a. a scale
b. a clock
c. a ruler
d. a measuring cup

____ 14. How are liquids and gases alike?

a. They both have their own shape.
b. They can both take the shape of their container.
c. They do not have mass.
d. They are both solids.
____ 15. What has the greatest mass?
a. a speck of dust
b. a boulder
c. a mountain
d. a pebble

____ 16. Metric rulers are used to measure length?

T True
F False

____ 17. Magnify glasses and hand lenses are used to observe very
large objects?
T True
F False

____ 18. A bowling ball and a rubber ball have the same size, they have the
same volume, the bowling ball is harder to lift, which one has
the higher density?
a. the bowling ball
b. the rubber ball

____ 19. If you weigh an object and then break it into two pieces, the sum
of the weights of its pieces will be
a. less than the weight of the object.
b. equal to the weight of the object.
c. greater than the weight of the object.
d. half the weight of the object.

____ 20. When you measure milk for a cake, you measure its volume.
Volume is a measure of
a. inches.
b. kilometers.
c. weight.
d. space taken up.