TCAP Review Test

1. What is the difference between a solid and a liquid?

• A liquid has color but a solid does not.
• A solid has color but a liquid does not.
• A solid keeps its shape and a liquid takes the shape of its container.
• A solid takes the shape of its container and a liquid keeps its shape.

2. Matter is anything that takes 

• color
• hardness
• space
• shape

3. What is one way in which humans can conserve natural resources?

• drive cars that run on fossil fuels 
• build homes over wetlands 
• plant trees to replace ones that are cut down 
• fish in fresh water, but not in salt water

4. Which changes in state can happen when heat is added to a substance?

• melting and freezing
• melting and boiling
• melting, boiling, and evaporation
• melting, condensing, and freezing

5. Which changes in state can happen when heat is removed from a substance?

• freezing and condensing
• melting and freezing
• melting, condensing, and freezing
• freezing, boiling, and evaporation 

6. Which objects will most likely stick to a magnet?

• erasers and marbles
• screws and nails
• nails and marbles
• screws and erasers

8. A small tree is growing in the shade of a large tree. What will most likely happen?

• The small tree will continue to grow. 
• The tall tree will die.
• The small tree will die from lack of water. 
• The small tree will die from lack of light. 

8. Imagine water in a puddle on a sidewalk disappearing into the air on a hot day. What process is occurring?   

• boiling 
• condensation
• melting
• evaporation

10. Finish this sentence. If a sound is very loud, then its source is vibrating

• very quickly
• very slowly
• with a lot of energy
• with very little energy

10. Which materials are good conductors?

• plastic and glass
• paper and cloth
• iron and aluminum
• rocks and wood