Keller - 3rd grade - Matter Test

Question 1

What is matter?

Answer 1

Anything that takes up space.

Question 2

What is a physical property?

Answer 2

Anything you can observe about an object using your senses.

Question 3

What are examples of physical properties?

Answer 3

Size, color, shininess, texture, taste, smell, temperature, etc.

Question 4

The three states of phases of matter are:

Answer 4

solid, liquid, gas

Question 5

What is a solid?

Answer 5

Something that has a definite volume and shape.

Question 6

What is an example of a solid?

Answer 6

Book

Question 7

What is a liquid?

Answer 7

Something that has definite volume but the shape can change.

Question 8

What is an example of a liquid?

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

What is gas?

Answer 9

Something that has no definite shape or volume.

Question 10

What is an example of gas?

Answer 10

Air

Question 11

What are atoms?

Answer 11

The basic building blocks of matter.

Question 12

Adding _________ changes a solid to a liquid.

Answer 12

heat

Question 13

Adding _________ changes a liquid to a gas.

Answer 13

heat

Question 14

Taking away heat from gas changes it to a __________.

Answer 14

liquid

Question 15

Taking away heat from liquid changes it to a __________.

Answer 15

solid

Question 16

What is volume?

Answer 16

Amount of space matter takes up.

Question 17

What is mass?

Answer 17

Amount of matter in an object.

Question 18

What is a physical change?

Answer 18

A change to matter in which no new forms of matter are formed (examples: shape, size, state)

Question 19

What is a chemical change?

Answer 19

Change that form new kinds of matter (examples: burning, rust)

Question 20

Molecules that are very closet together are a _______.

Answer 20

solid

Question 21

Molecules that move more freely over and under each other are a __________.

Answer 21

liquid

Question 22

Molecules that are very far apart are _______.

Answer 22

gas