Matter Reading - Chapter 1

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Questions from Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 1
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First and Last Name:

For questions 2-11, select only one answer.
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Any sample of matter has mass and takes up space. The main reason for this is because:

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

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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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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)
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To describe a liquid, you could say:

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To describe a gas, you could say:

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Three common states of matter are:

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

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_____________________________ is the study of matter

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

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

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

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

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

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Cooling a solid _________ the motion of the atoms.

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Heating a gas completely stops all of its molecular motion.

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Air has mass.

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