NC Science Coach Chapter 2 Review: Matter

A student mixed together three different foods to make the trail mix in the picture. Which statement is most likely true about this food?

• The weight of the trail mix is greater than the weights of the three foods added together.

• The matter in the trail mix is different from the matter in the three foods used to make it.

• The weight of the trail mix is equal to the weights of the three foods added together.

• You cannot easily reverse the change that formed the trail mix.

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What will most likely happen when warm water is added to a bowl of cold water?

• The colder water particles will lose thermal energy, and the warmer ones will gain thermal energy.

• The warmer and colder water particles will both lose thermal energy.

• The warmer and colder water particles will both gain thermal energy.

• The warmer water particles will lose thermal energy, and the colder ones will gain thermal energy.

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Which describes a change in which one or more new types of matter form?

• heat transfer

• chemical change

• change of state

• physical change

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A student measured the mass of the piece of metal shown in the picture. Then the student cut the metal into three pieces. She measured the mass of each piece and added the masses of the three pieces together. What was the most likely total mass of the three pieces together?

• 4 g

• 6 g

• 12 g

• 36 g

An ice cube is placed in the sun and melts. Which of the following processes causes this change in state?

• reacting

• expanding

• heating

• cooling

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Which one is a clue that a chemical change is happening?

• The temperature in a beaker decreases when you mix two liquids in it.

• A liquid changes to a gas when it reaches a high temperature.

• A sheet of paper changes shape as you cut it with a scissors.

• A car door feels hot if you touch it on a sunny afternoon.

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Which of these would you measure with a spring scale?

• weight

• temperature

• volume

• time

Which is an example of a physical change?

• iron rusting when exposed to water

• a cake baking in an oven

• water freezing into ice cubes

• wood burning in a campfire

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Which is an example of a chemical change?

• a bike rusting when left outside

• steam rising from boiling water

• sugar dissolving in warm water

• a can being crushed by a person

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Which sign most likely shows that a chemical change has occurred?

• A substance changes in size.

• A substance changes in color.

• A substance changes from solid to liquid.

• A substance changes in shape.

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