Matter Unit Quiz - Grade 5

1) Which state of matter below takes the shape

of its container?

• a) Liquids

• b) Solids

• c) Rock

• d) All of the above

2) Which of the following is an example of a

liquid?

•  a) Table

• b) Peanut Butter

• c) Wood

• ) Rock

3) Everything that has weight and takes up space

is…

• a) Particles

• b) Sublimation

• c) Matter

• d) Energy

4) What does "compressibility" mean?

• a) Heaviness

• b) Brightness

• c) Squishiness

• d) Denseness

5) Which is easiest to compress?

• a) Water

• b) Air

• c) Solid

• d) None can be compressed

6) In pneumatic tools, what creates force?

• a) Compressed water

• b) Compressed air

• c) Electricity

• d) Sound

For an object to float, does its density have to be .........

• a) More dense

• b) the seme density

• c) less dense

• d) all of the above

What do we call the state of buoyancy where an object floats below the surface?

• a) positive buoyancy

• b) neutral buoyancy

• c) negative buoyancy

• d) lacking buoyancy

9) A coin is _________ dense than/as a feather.

• a) Less

• b) More

• c) As

• d) neither

10) Something that is denser than water will…

• a) Be neutrally buoyant

• b) Float

• c) Sink

• d) implode