5th grade states of matter
5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.5-PS1-1, NGSS.MS-PS1-4 · England: KS3 Chemistry: The particulate nature of matter, KS3 Physics: Matter, KS4 Combined Science: Particle model of matter
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Question 1
True or false? You can see single particles of water with a magnifying glass.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 2
Which state is described: particles in fixed positions that only vibrate?
- A. solid
- B. liquid
- C. gas
Question 3
Particles: which statement is true?
- A. Particles stop moving in liquids.
- B. The smell of baking only travels if a fan blows it.
- C. Gas particles are packed tightly together.
- D. Warm water makes particles move faster, so colouring spreads more quickly.
Question 4
A drop of food colouring is put in a still glass of water. After an hour, all the water is coloured. Why?
- A. The colouring grew.
- B. Someone stirred it secretly.
- C. The particles of colouring and water keep moving and mixing.
- D. The water absorbed light.
Question 5
What causes gas pressure inside a balloon?
- A. The rubber pulling inwards
- B. Gas particles colliding with the inside of the balloon
- C. The balloon's colour
- D. Particles staying still
Question 6
The particle model: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Particles expand when they are heated.
- B. Particles in a solid still vibrate.
- C. Particles in a gas are much further apart than in a liquid.
- D. There is empty space between gas particles.
Question 7
True or false? When sugar dissolves, it stops existing.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 8
Which state is described: particles far apart moving quickly in all directions?
- A. solid
- B. liquid
- C. gas
Question 9
Particles: which statement is true?
- A. You can squash air in a syringe because its particles are far apart.
- B. Particles stop moving in liquids.
- C. Gas particles are packed tightly together.
- D. The smell of baking only travels if a fan blows it.
Question 10
You blow up a balloon. What keeps it puffed up?
- A. Billions of air particles hitting the inside of the balloon.
- B. The rubber pushes itself out.
- C. Light inside the balloon.
- D. Nothing; air is empty.
Question 11
Why does the smell of perfume spread across a room?
- A. Perfume particles are attracted to noses
- B. Perfume particles diffuse, moving randomly among the air particles
- C. Air particles stand still
- D. The perfume pushes the air away
Question 12
The particle model: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Particles expand when they are heated.
- B. Particles in a gas are much further apart than in a liquid.
- C. Particles in a solid still vibrate.
- D. There is empty space between gas particles.
Question 13
True or false? When sugar dissolves, it stops existing.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 14
Which state is described: particles in fixed positions that only vibrate?
- A. solid
- B. liquid
- C. gas
Question 15
Particles: which statement is true?
- A. Gas particles are packed tightly together.
- B. The smell of baking only travels if a fan blows it.
- C. Warm water makes particles move faster, so colouring spreads more quickly.
- D. Particles stop moving in liquids.
Question 16
A drop of food colouring is put in a still glass of water. After an hour, all the water is coloured. Why?
- A. The particles of colouring and water keep moving and mixing.
- B. The colouring grew.
- C. Someone stirred it secretly.
- D. The water absorbed light.
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