Matter Quiz

Question 1

Compouds

Answer 1

Substance which cannot be decomposed into other substances by a chemical change.

Question 2

Mixtures

Answer 2

2 or more different substances are mixed.
Can either be elements or compounds.
Weight ratios are not fixed.

Question 3

Physical Properties

Answer 3

Anything you can see, touch, hear, smell.

Question 4

Chemical Properties

Answer 4

Social Skills; how it reacts with other substances.

Question 5

Extensive Properties

Answer 5

Depends on amount of matter i.e. weight

Question 6

Intensive Properties

Answer 6

Does not depend on the amount of matter i.e. color, boiling point

Question 7

Measurement

Answer 7

Never exact; some degree of uncertainty

Question 8

Chemical Change

Answer 8

Change in composition of matter; energy usually involved; cannot be changed back.

Question 9

Physical Change

Answer 9

No change is composition of matter.

Question 10

Atom

Answer 10

Smallest component of an element; characterized by protons, neutrons, and electrons

Question 11

Exothermic

Answer 11

Evolution of heat

Question 12

Endothermic

Answer 12

Absorption of heat

Question 13

Heat of Fusion

Answer 13

Amount of heat needed to melt one gram of a solid with no change in temperature.

Question 14

Specific Heat

Answer 14

Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of the substance by 1 degree C

Question 15

Solid

Answer 15

low kinetic and particle energy; particles close together

Question 16

Liquid

Answer 16

Medium potential and kinetic energy

Question 17

Gas

Answer 17

high kinetic and particle energy; particles far apart

Question 18

Plasma

Answer 18

high particle energy; really high kinetic energy; particles far apart

Question 19

Density

Answer 19

mass / volume

Question 20

Matter

Answer 20

Anything that takes up space, has mass and exhibts the properties of inertia.

Question 21

Elements

Answer 21

Substance which cannot be decomposed into 2 or more parts by chemical change

Question 22

Alchemy

Answer 22

Pre-chemistry; study of turning everything into gold

Question 22

Law of Conservation Energy

Answer 22

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

Question 22

Inertia

Answer 22

tendency to resist change in motion

Question 23

Accuracy

Answer 23

how close to accepted value

Question 24

Precision

Answer 24

how close measurements are to each other

Question 25

Length

Answer 25

measured in meters with meter stick

• centimeters 1/100
• millimeters 1/1000
• kilometers x 1000

Question 26

Volume

Answer 26

amount of space an object occupies
measured in liters with graduated cylinder
-mililiters 1/1000
-cubic centimeters- cm^3 1/1000

Question 27

Mass

Answer 27

amount of matter an object holds.
measured in grams with Triple Beam Balance
-kilograms x 1000

Question 28

Temperature

Answer 28

TBD