Changing States of Matter

Q. 

You stir sugar into a glass of warm water. What happens to the sugar?

• A.

  All the sugar sinks to the bottom of the glass.

• B.

  It freezes in the water.

• C.

  It dissolves in the water.

Q. 

How does an ice cube change when placed in the sunlight?

• A.

  It freezes.

• B.

  It melts.

• C.

  It dissolves.

Q. 

Which will become a solid in a freezer?

• A.

  A metal nail

• B.

  Juice

• C.

  a plate

Q. 

John stirs sand into a glass of warm water. He knows the sand is NOT dissolving in the water. How does he know?

• A.

  All the sand sinks to the bottom of the glass.

• B.

  The sand spreads out and mixes completely with the water.

• C.

  The sand melts in the water

Q. 

How does matter change when it burns?

• A.

  It turns from a solid to a liquid.

• B.

  It becomes a new type of matter.

• C.

  It mixes with a liquid.

Q. 

Which word means to change from a solid to a liquid?

• freeze

• burn

• melt

• dissolve

Q. 

Which word means to completely mix a solid with a liquid?

• freeze

• burning

• melt

• dissolve

Q. 

Which word means the changing of a substance into ashes and smoke?

• freeze

• burning

• melt

• dissolve

Q. 

Which word means to change from a liquid to a solid?

• freeze

• burning

• melt

• dissolve

Q. 

Which of these are ways to change matter? Choose all that apply

• Making it hotter

• Making it colder