Science Quiz Bee - Grade 8

The following are examples of matter EXCEPT

• Air

• Heat

• Soil

• Water

According to John Dalton’s theory, matter is made up of ________

• Large sized particles

• Medium sized particles

• Molecule

• Small discrete particles

A particular phase of matter has the following properties; definite mass, shape and volume, incompressible and particles are closely packed. What phase of matter is it?

• Gas

• Liquid

• Plasma

• Solid

Substance A was found to have indefinite shape and volume, easy to compress and particles are widely separated and fast moving. This is an indication that substance is a _______      

• Gas

• Liquid

• Plasma

• Solid

An element Gold has a very close particle arrangement,  in which state of matter  does it belong?

• Gas

• Liquid

• Plasma

• Solid

When you pour a bottle of water in a glass and it overflows  it shows that liquid  cannot be?

• Boiled

• Change in any shape

• Compressed

• Moved

While you are heading home, you smelled an aroma which smells like a fish was being fried. You suddenly had a thought that you will be having a fried fish for dinner, this is an evidence that gas particles are

• Far apart from each other

• Moving fast

• Slowly moving

• Very close to each other

Which of the following shows that particles are arranged in regular rows?

• Gases

• Liquids

• Plasma

• Solids

The attractive forces between particles is weakest in _______

• Solids

• Liquids

• Gases

• Plasma

All of the following are examples of physical change EXCEPT:

• Chocolate melts

• Water freezes

• Glass breaks

• Wounds heal