Classification of Matter Quiz

What do you call the building blocks of matter?

• atoms

• protons

• neutrons

• electrons

Which of the following is not an example of matter?

• light

• smoke

• flowers

• liquid nitrogen

Which of the following has the greatest density?

• 20 kilograms of air

• 20 kilograms of rock

• 20 kilograms of water

• 20 kilograms of helium gas

What do you call the space occupied by matter?

• mass

• density

• moles

• volume

Which of the following refers to the amount of substance present in matter?

• mass

• weight

• density

• volume

Which of the following is not a state of matter?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• vacuum

Which of the following best describes the shape of solids?

• definite

• indefinite

• changing

• indeterminate

Which best describes particles in a liquid?

• less freely moving than solid

• more freely moving than solid

• more freely moving than gas

• completely unmoving

Which of the following best describes gases?

• expandable and compressible

• expandable but not compressible

• compressible but not expandable

• not expandable and not compressible

What determines a material's state of matter?

• color of the material

• hardness or softness of a material

• strength of attraction between particles

• motion and strength of attraction between particles