States of Matter Practice Test

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

____ 1. A solid is a state of matter that has a(n)

a. indefinite volume and an indefinite shape.
b. definite volume and a definite shape.
c. definite volume and an indefinite shape.
d. indefinite volume and a definite shape.

____ 2. In which state of matter are particles packed tightly together in fixed positions?
a. gas
b. solid
c. liquid
d. compound

____ 3. The state of matter in which particles are arranged in either a crystalline or an amorphous form
is
a. liquid.
b. gas.
c. solid.
d. fluid.

____ 4. Particles of a liquid

a. are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.
b. have no viscosity.
c. decrease in volume with increasing temperature.
d. are free to move in a container but remain in close contact with one another.

____ 5. The surface of water can act like a sort of skin due to a property of liquids called
a. viscosity.
b. surface tension.
c. condensation.
d. evaporation.

____ 6. In which state of matter do the particles spread apart and fill all the space available to them?
a. crystal
b. liquid
c. gas
d. solid
____ 7. The change from liquid to solid, or the reverse of melting, is called
a. condensation.
b. boiling.
c. sublimation.
d. freezing.

____ 8. The freezing point of water is the same as its

a. melting point.
b. boiling point.
c. sublimation point.
d. evaporation point.

____ 9. What is vaporization?

a. a gas becoming a liquid
b. a liquid becoming a solid
c. a gas becoming a solid
d. a liquid becoming a gas

____ 10. Which state of matter undergoes changes in volume most easily?
a. solid
b. liquid
c. gas
d. frozen

____ 11. The greater the speed of gas particles in a container, the
a. fewer collisions there will be.
b. lower the temperature.
c. greater the pressure.
d. lower the pressure.

____ 12. During the process of sublimation,

a. a solid turns directly into a gas.
b. a solid turns into a liquid.
c. a gas turns directly into a solid.
d. a liquid turns into a gas.

____ 13. In which of the following pairs of characteristics of an element are the temperatures the same?
a. boiling point and freezing point
b. condensation point and melting point
c. freezing point and condensation point
d. melting point and freezing point

____ 14. Which of the following will occur as the speed of the molecules in a substance increases?
a. The substance will become cooler.
b. The substance will begin to take up less space.
c. The force of attraction between the molecules will decrease.
d. The force of attraction that draws objects to Earth will increase.

Figure 5

____ 15. Figure 5 shows how the temperature of a substance changed as it was heated. Which segment
of the graph indicates that the substance was undergoing a change of state?
a. A c. C
b. B d. D

____ 16. An uncovered pot of soup is simmering on a stove, and there are water droplets on the wall
above the back of the stove. What sequence can you infer has occurred?
a. melting, then boiling
b. freezing, then thawing
c. vaporization, then condensation
d. condensation, then vaporization

____ 17. According to Boyle’s law, when the pressure of a gas increases at constant temperature, its
volume
a. increases.
b. stays constant.
c. decreases.
d. increases, then decreases.
____ 18. When the temperature of a gas decreases at constant volume, its
a. pressure increases.
b. mass increases.
c. pressure decreases.
d. particles move faster.

____ 19. According to Charles’s law, when the temperature of a gas increases at constant pressure, its
a. volume increases.
b. mass increases.
c. volume decreases.
d. particles move more slowly.

____ 20. Which of the following examples involves an exothermic change?

a. ice melting on a warm day
b. water boiling in a tea kettle
c. gaseous water particles coming together to form fog
d. air in a bicycle tire gaining pressure after a long ride

____ 21. Boyle's law states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant
a. pressure, the volume increases as the temperature decreases.
b. temperature, the volume increases as the pressure increases.
c. temperature, the volume decreases as the pressure increases.
d. pressure, the volume decreases as the temperature increases.

____ 22. When a person wearing glasses enters a warm house after being outside on a cold day, their
glasses fog up because of
a. vaporization. c. sublimation.
b. condensation. d. melting.

____ 23. Which of the following is an endothermic change?

a. melting c. condensation
b. freezing d. all of the above

____ 24. The opposite of vaporization is called

a. condensation.
b. sublimation.
c. evaporation.
d. freezing.
II. Choose the best answer.

1. Which would you use to determine the mass of an object?

A. Meter stick
B. Graduated cylinder
C. Bathroom scale
D. Triple beam balance

2. Which would you use to find the volume of a rectangular cube?

A. Meter stick
B. Graduated cylinder
C. Bathroom scale
D. Triple beam balance

3. Which would you use to find the volume of an irregularly shaped rock?

A. length x width x height

B. water displacement
C. direct measurement
D. a triple beam balance

4. What is the volume of this cube?

A. 9 cm²
B. 12 cm³
C. 24 cm³
D. 36 cm³

5. A rock is dropped into a graduated cylinder containing 40 mL of water. The new volume is 47 mL. What
is the volume of the rock?

A. 4 mL
B. 7 mL
C. 47 mL
D. 87 mL
Use the illustration on the right to answer the next two
questions. It shows the densities of some common
substances. The black cube is made of plastic.

6. Which substance is most dense?

A. black cube
B. alcohol
C. water
D. corn syrup

7. What do you know about the density of the black cube?

A. it is less dense than the alcohol and the water

B. it is more dense than the corn syrup and the water
C. it is more dense than the water and less than the corn syrup.
D. it is more dense than the corn syrup and less dense than the alcohol.

Picture A shows an egg in fresh water and picture B shows

an egg in salt water. Use this data to answer the next two questions.

A B
8. Why does the egg sink in fresh water? The egg is

A. less dense than the fresh water

B. more dense than the fresh water
C. more dense than the salt water
D. the same density as both types of water

9. Based on the eggs, why is it easier to float on the Great Salt Lake than a fresh water lake?
Your body is

A. less dense than the lake water

B. more dense than the lake water
C. the same density as the lake water
D. warmer than the lake water

10. Why does ice float on water?

A. it is colder than water

B. it is less dense than water
C. it is harder than water
D. it is lighter than water

11. Which is the correct formula for density?

A. Volume times mass

B. Mass times weight
C. Volume divided by mass
D. Mass divided by volume

12. If the mass of a cube were 48 g, and its volume 24 cm3, what would its density be?

A. .5 g/ cm3
B. 2 g/ cm3
C. 4 g/cm3
D. 6 g/cm3

13. 90 mL of salt water has a mass of 120 g. What is the density of the salt water?

A. .75 g/mL
B. 1.3 g/mL
C. 3.0 g/mL
D. 9.0 g/mL
14. Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between mass, volume
and density.

A. Density is the amount of mass in a certain volume of matter.

B. Density is the heaviness of an object for its weight.
C. Density is the size of an object for its volume.
D. Density is the mass added to the volume of an object.

15. If each dot in the cube is a particle of with the same mass, which cube has the greatest
density and why?

A B C D

A. A, it has the fewest particles for the volume of the cube.

B. B, it has the most particles for the volume of the cube.
C. C, it has the greatest volume for the mass of the cube.
D. D, it has the most particles for the volume of the cube.

16. A student lifts two soup cans that are the same size. He says that one is heavier than the
other. What do you know about the heavier can?

A. it has more volume than the lighter one

B. it has more mass per unit volume
C. it has larger chunks of vegetables in it
D. it is less dense than the lighter one

Use the descriptions of two different experiments to answer the next three questions:

Experiment X
Students find the mass of a test tube of water, a
fizzing tablet and a beaker. They add the tablet
to the water, it bubbles and they collect the gas
in a graduated cylinder. They mass the water
and the beaker again and subtract this mass from
the first. They divide the change in mass by the
volume of gas they collected in the graduated
cylinder.
Experiment Y
Students mass an empty balloon, filled it with
a gas and massed it again. They measured its
volume by placing it in a full container of
water that overflows. They collected the
overflow and find the volume the balloon
displaced. They find the mass by subtracting
the mass of the balloon empty from it’s mass
when it is full of gas. Then they divide the
mass by the volume.

17. What would be the best title for these experiments?

A. Foiled Again, the Gases Escaped
B. How to Measure the Weight of a Gas
C. Finding the Density of A Gas
D. What About Gasses?

18. Which experiment used the scientific method?

A. X, there were fewer steps

B. X, it used more accurate equipment
C. Y, it used the correct formulas
D. X and Y both used the scientific method

19. What would you expect the results of the two experiments to show?

A. The density of a gas is very small.

B. Gases are very dense.
C. Gases cannot be measured.
D. One gas will be a darker color than the other.

Fourth and Fifth States of Matter Worksheet

1. You are aware of the properties of the three states of matter. Write down some of the
properties of the fourth and the fifth states of matter.
Fourth State: __________________ Fifth State:_______________________
Properties: Properties:

Example: Example:

Physical and Chemical Changes and Properties of Matter Worksheet

I. Classify the following as chemical change (cc), chemical property (cp), physical
change (pc), or physical property (pp).

1. _____ Heat conductivity 8. _____ Combustible

2. _____ Silver tarnishing 9. _____ Water freezing
3. _____ sublimation 10. _____ Wood burning
4. _____ magnetizing steel 11. _____ Acid resistance
5. _____ length of metal object 12. _____ Brittleness
6. _____ shortening melting 13. _____ Milk souring
7. _____ exploding dynamite 14. _____ baking bread

II. Identify the following as being true or false to the left of the sentence.

_____ 15. A change in size or shape is a physical change.

_____ 16. A chemical change means a new substance with new properties was formed.
_____ 17. An example of a chemical change is when water freezes.
_____ 18. When platinum is heated, then cooled to its original state, we say this is a physical
change.
_____ 19. When milk turns sour, this is a physical change because a change in odor does not
indicate a chemical change.
_____ 20. When citric acid and baking soda mix, carbon dioxide is produced and the temperature
decreases. This must be a chemical change.

III. Identify each of the following as a physical or chemical change.

21. _____ You leave your bicycle out in the rain and it rusts.

22. _____ A sugar cube dissolves.

23. _____ Scientist break-up water into oxygen and hydrogen gas.

24. _____ Burning coal for a barbecue.

25. ______ Trimming a bush because it has grown too tall.

INTENSIVE/ EXTENSIVE PROPERTIES WORKSHEET

Directions, Part 1: Classify each of the properties listed below as extensive or intensive. Then classify each property
as physical or chemical. Write the word out to earn full credit.

Extensive or Intensive Physical or Chemical

Property
Property Property
color
combustibility
hardness
density
mass
melting point
ductility
volume
reactivity with acid
 odor
weight
malleability
tendency to corrode

Directions, Part 2: Some measurements or descriptions of properties are listed below. Write which property is being
described in each case. Select properties that are listed in the table from Part 1.

15 dm3 A. ______________________
16. can easily be hammered into sheets B. ______________________
17. 2.8 g/cm3 C. ______________________
18. burns when heated in the presence of O2 D. ______________________
1. shiny metal forms a chalky white layer on its surface E. ______________________
20. can be scratched by a diamond F. ______________________
21. 500 °C G. ______________________
22. can easily be drawn into a wire H. ______________________

Phase Changes Worksheet

A. Phase Change Descriptions:

Melting
the change from ________________ to ________________.
Freezing
the change from _________________ to _________________.
Evaporation
the change from ________________ to _________________ .
Condensation
the change from ________________ to __________________ .
Sublimation
the change from _______________ to __________________ .
Deposition
the change from _______________ to __________________ .
B. The graph was drawn from data collected as a substance was heated at a constant rate. Use the
graph to answer the following questions.

At point A, the beginning of observations, the substance exists in a solid state. Material in this phase has
_________________ volume and _________________ shape. With each passing minute,
_________________ is added to the substance. This causes the molecules of the substance to
_________________ more rapidly which we detect by a ________________ rise in the substance. At
point B, the temperature of the substance is __________°C. The solid begins to ________________. At
point C, the substance is completely _______________ or in a _______________ state. Material in this
phase has _________________ volume and ________________ shape. The energy put to the substance
between minutes 5 and 9 was used to convert the substance from a __________________ to a
_________________. This heat energy is called the latent heat of fusion. (An interesting fact.)

Between 9 and 13 minutes, the added energy increases the ____________________ of the substance.
During the time from point D to point E, the liquid is ____________________. By point E, the
substance is completely in the ________________ phase. Material in this phase has
__________________ volume and ___________________ shape. The energy put to the substance
between minutes 13 and 18 converted the substance from a _______________ to a _______________
state. This heat energy is called the latent heat of vaporization. (An interesting fact.) Beyond point E,
the substance is still in the ___________________ phase, but the molecules are moving
_____________________ as indicated by the increasing temperature.

Which of these three substances was likely used in Substance Melting point Boiling point
this phase change experiment? Bolognium 20 °C 100 °C
Unobtainium 40 °C 140 °C
Foosium 70 °C 140 °C
 Endothermic and Exothermic reaction Worksheet
I. Decide whether each of these reactions is exothermic or endothermic

1. When two chemicals mix their temperature rises:

2. A solid burns brightly and releases heat, light and sound:
3. When two chemicals are mixed their temperature drops:
4. Two chemicals will only react if you heat them continually:
5. Plants take in light energy for photosynthesis:

II. State whether each of the following are exothermic or endothermic.

1. H + Cl  HCl + 432 kJ

2. 12 CO2 + 11 H2O  C12H22O11 + 12 O2 ΔH=5638 kJ

3. ice  water

4. C + D  CD ΔH=-65.8 kJ

5. E + F + 437 kJ  G + H

6. H2O vapour  H2O liquid

7.

Density Worksheet
1. Different kinds of wood have different densities. The density of oak wood is generally 0.7
g/cm3. If a 35 cm3 piece of wood has a mass of 25 g, is the wood likely to be oak?

2. The density of pine is generally about 0.5 g/cm3. What is the mass of a 800 cm3 piece of
pine?
3. A graduated cylinder is filled with water to a level of 40.0 mL. When a piece of copper is
lowered into the cylinder, the water level rises to 63.4 mL. Find the volume of the copper
sample. If the density of the copper is 8.9 g/cm3, what is its mass?

4. Rocks are sometimes used along coasts to prevent erosion. If a rock needs to weigh 2,000
kilograms (about 2 tons) in order not to be shifted by waves, how big (what volume) does
it need to be? You are using basalt, which has a typical density of 3200 kg/m3

5. A golden-colored cube is handed to you. The person wants you to buy it for $100, saying
that is a gold nugget. You pull out your old geology text and look up gold in the mineral
table, and read that its density is 19.3 g/cm3. You measure the cube and find that it is 2
cm on each side, and weighs 40 g. What is its density? Is it gold? Should you buy it?