1.How could you measure the volume of a marble with a graduated cylinder? A. Drop the marble in a cylinder with water and read the scale B. Measure the water level both before and after you place the marble in the water. Subtract the two numbers to get the marbles volume. C. Place the marble in the cylinder and weigh them on a triple beam balance D. Read the scale after putting water into the graduated cylinder.

2. A small dish of water is placed in the sunlight. It is left there all day. Based on this information, what prediction could be made? A. The water will not change temperature. B. The dish will stay cold all day. C. The water will turn yellow due to the Sun’s color. D. The water will evaporate due to the Sun’s heat.

3. A statement of an idea that can be tested experimentally and states what you intend to prove or disprove is an example of what? A. Inference B. Investigation C. Conclusion D. Hypothesis

4. The freezing temperature for water is ____ºC A. 0 B. 10 C. 20 C. 32

5. When using units for the length, area, volume, time, weight and temperature, the student is ___________. A. communicating B. observing C. classifying D. measuring

6. If you did an experiment to measure how far the softball was thrown, which unit would you use to measure the distance? A. Meter B. Liter C. Gram D. Not Here

7. A ______ is a combination of two or more different kinds of matter that keep their physical properties and can be separated. A. mixture B. solution C. property D. variable

8. In a _______ change, no new substances are formed. A. chemical B. physical C. molecule D. property

9. The melting point of a substance is ______. A. when the substance begins to boil B. when the substance evaporates C. when the substance begins to change from a solid to a liquid D. when the substance begins to change from a liquid to a solid

10. If you had a mixture of salt, water, and rocks how could you separate the salt from the mixture? A. Pour the mixture through a filter. B. Boil the water until it is gone. C. First pour the water through a filter, and then boil the water until it is gone. D. First boil the water until it is gone and then pout the mixture through a filter.

11. Molecules in a liquid are _________ than in a gas. A. closer together B. farther apart C. connected D. Not Here

12. Which is a characteristic of a solid? A. Takes the shape of the container B. Can flow C. Has atoms spaced far apart D. Has shape and volume

13. The measurement of the amount of matter in an object is its ________. A. mixture B. weight C. length D. mass

14. An experiment is set up to find out what type of material will hold heat the best. You put 100 ml of hot water in the tin can and 200 ml of hot water in the styrofoam cup. A thermometer is put in each container and the temperature is recorded every minute for 10 minutes. What could you do to improve this experiment? A. Use two tin containers. B. Put the same amount of water in each of the containers. C. Use two different sizes of thermometers. D. Use two sytrofoam cups.

15. A student is heating a pan of water. What happens to the molecules as the temperature of the water gets hotter? A. The molecules stop moving. B. The molecules move slower C. The molecules move faster D. There is no change in the movement of the molecules.

16. When water drops form on the outside of a very cold aluminum can this is an example of __________. A. evaporation B. condensation C. precipitation D. Not Here

17. Salt is stirred into water in one glass and pepper is stirred into water in another glass. Which statement is true concerning the solubility of these substances? A. Salt is soluble in water, but pepper is not. B. Pepper is soluble in water, but salt is not. C. Salt and pepper have the same solubility. D. If stirred, the pepper would have the same solubility as salt.

18. Which is not a physical property of matter? A. Mass B. Density C. Gravity D. Boiling point

19. Full soft drink cans floating in a tub of water is an example of ________. A. gravity B. physical change C. buoyancy D. chemical change

20. The measurement of pull by Earth’s gravity on an object is called ______. A. mass B. weight C. volume D. capacity

21. Which of these is not a physical property of matter? A. Melting point B. Boiling point C. Density D. Burning

22. A Diet Coke can and a regular Coke can are placed in water. The Diet Coke can floats and the regular Coke can sinks. Why does the Diet Coke can float in water? A. It is more dense than the water. B. It is less dense than the water C. It is the same density as the water. D. It has less volume than the Coke

23. Why does the regular Coke can sink in the water? A. It is more dense than the water. B. It is less dense than the water. C. It is the same density as the water D. It has more volume than the Diet Coke.

24. Which ingredient increased the density of the Coke can? A. Artificial sweetener B. Salt C. Water D. Sugar

25. The mass of one Rice Krispie treat is measured in _______. A. meters B. grams C. kilograms D. liters

26. If you put salt, sugar, water, and beans in a cup and shook it up, which would not be a part of the solution? A. Salt B. Sugar C. Water D. Beans

27. Most metals will have all of these properties except the ability to _____. A. conduct electricity B. break easily C. shine brightly when polished D. melt at high temperatures

28. Sue set a glass of ice water on a wooden table. A few minutes later, she noticed that the outside of the glass was covered with a thin film of water. The water on the outside of the glass most likely ______. A. seeped through the sides of the glass B. moved over the edge of the glass through capillary action C. condensed from the air around the glass D. was drawn out of the wood by the cold glass