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Matter Reading - Chapter 1

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Questions from Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 1
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Question 1
1.

First and Last Name:

For questions 2-11, select only one answer.
Question 2
2.

Any sample of matter has mass and takes up space. The main reason for this is because:

Question 3
3.

Water drops stay together on wax paper and they don’t break apart easily. This is mainly because:

Question 4
4.

When you bring two drops of water near each other and allow them to touch, they combine immediately and become one drop. This is mainly because:

Question 5
5.

If you put food coloring in room temperature water, the coloring spreads throughout the water. The water causes the color to spread mainly because:

Question 6
6.

Food coloring spreads out faster in hot water than in cold water. This is mainly because:

Question 7
7.

When a thermometer is heated, the red liquid inside the thermometer moves up. This is mainly because:

Question 8
8.

When a thermometer is cooled, the red liquid inside the thermometer moves down. This is mainly because:

Question 9
9.

When you heat a sample of a solid, the particles that make up the solid:

Question 10
10.

When you heat a sample of a solid, the sample gets a little bigger. This is mainly because:

Question 11
11.

When you heat a sample of gas, what happens to the particles that make up the gas?

For questions 12-14, SELECT ALL of the correct answers (each question has more than one correct response)
Question 12
12.

To describe a liquid, you could say:

Question 13
13.

To describe a gas, you could say:

Question 14
14.

Three common states of matter are:

Question 15
15.

The particles of a liquid are attracted to one another, but can’t move past each other

Question 16
16.

_____________________________ is the study of matter

Question 17
17.

An increase in temperature increases molecular motion and increases the distance between atoms and molecules in solids, liquids, and gases.

Question 18
18.

A ____________ in the speed of the molecules allows the attractions between molecules to bring them a little closer together.

Question 19
19.

Even when measuring the same temperature, the liquids in different thermometers can move to different heights depending on the liquid inside of them.

Question 20
20.

The molecules of the liquid inside the thermometer increase in speed when the thermometer is _____________.

Question 21
21.

The atoms of a solid are very far apart and vibrate in fixed positions.

Question 22
22.

Cooling a solid _________ the motion of the atoms.

Question 23
23.

Heating a gas completely stops all of its molecular motion.

Question 24
24.

Air has mass.

Question 25
25.

The molecules of a gas are not very attracted to each other.