Matter Vocabulary Quiz

What is matter?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The state in which a substance adapts to the shape of its container.

• A physical feature of material.

• A very small piece of matter.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Ben, Josh, and Ethan are on a space mission! They come across an alien object. Isla thinks it's a solid. Can you help them figure out what a solid is?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The state of which a substance maintains a fixed volume and shape.

• The state in which a substance adapts to the shape of its container.

• The state in which a substance expands to occupy the volume and shape of its container.

Will, Remy, and Ian are having a debate about liquids. What is a liquid?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The state of which a substance maintains a fixed volume and shape.

• The state in which a substance adapts to the shape of its container.

• The state in which a substance expands to occupy the volume and shape of its container.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Camden, Alexander, and Ren are discussing the properties of different states of matter. They come across the term 'gas'. What is a gas?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The state of which a substance maintains a fixed volume and shape.

• The state in which a substance adapts to the shape of its container.

• The state in which a substance expands to occupy the volume and shape of its container.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is mass?

• A physical feature of material.

• A very small piece of matter.

• A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• Matter that has specific components and properties.

Jack, Lucas, and Mate are having a debate about a scientific principle. They are discussing the idea that matter can neither be made nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another. What is the name of this principle?

• compressibility

• chemical law

• conservation of mass

• property change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Draw a picture of a liquid.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following properties of matter.

• softness or firmness

• property of a material to be stretched or pulled without breaking

• tensile strength

• property of a material to be firm and solid, or not easy to bend, cut, or break

• hardness

• property of a material to support or resist a weight or force

• compressibility

• property of a material to get smaller when a force or pressure

A substance that contains two or more substances which are not chemically combined

• atom

• mixture

• solid

• chemical change