Matters

A pump is connected to a 200 cm³ glass container with 50cm³ of oil in it.

After pushing in the plunger, 50cm³ of air entered the glass container. What is the final volume of air in the glass container?

• 250cm³

• 100cm³

• 150cm³

• 200cm³

Some marbles are placed into a beaker until they reached 100cm³. After which, 200cm³ of water is poured into the same beaker.

What is the final water level in the beaker?

• 300 cm³

• less than 300 cm³

• more than 300 cm³

Study the flow chart.

Which of the following best represents milk and air?

• milk - E

  air - G

• milk - G

  air - H

• milk - H

  air - G

• milk - H

  air - E

The diagram shows three identical 500ml beakers, A, B and C, containing different items.

A jug of 400ml of water was poured into each beaker. Arrange the correct order in which the water in the beaker will overflow from the first to the last.

• first - water

  second - marbles

  last - sand

• first - water

  second - sand

  last - marbles

• first - sand

  second - water

  last - marbles

• first - marble

  second - water

  last - sand

Sue poured the same amount of water into 3 different containers.

What property of liquid does the experiment show?

• Liquid can be compressed.

• Liquid has no definite shape.

• Liquid has no definite volume.

• Liquid has mass and occupies space.

Which of the following is not a matter?

• oil

• coffee

• stone

• light

A clump of paper was glued to the bottom of a cup. The cup was then inverted and pushed into a basin of water. The paper remained dry.

What can you do to wet the paper in the cup?

[Select all correct answers]

• Add more water into the basin.

• Poke a hole at the bottom of the cup.

• Remove some water from the basin.

• Tilt the cup before pushing it into the basin.

James lowered a stone into a measuring cylinder filled with water as shown in the picture.

What is he trying to find out from this experiment?

• The mass of the stone.

• The height of the stone.

• The volume of the stone.

The diagram shows the mass of a ball before and after air was pumped in it.

Based on the diagram, what can we say about the property of air?

• Air has mass.

• Air has a definite shape.

• Air does not occupy space.

• Air does not have a definite volume.

The picture shows two packets of snacks A and B.

Which of the following best describes the packets?

• Both have same mass and same volume.

• Both have same mass but different volume.

• Both have different mass but same volume.

• Both have different mass and different volume.