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States of Matter Quiz
Solids, liquids and gases: their properties and how heating and cooling change them.
- 🎓 Grades 2–3
- 🧪 Science
- 📐 2-PS1-1
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What are the three common states of matter?
- A Hot, cold, warm
- B Ice, snow, rain
- C Rock, water, air
- D Solid, liquid, gas
Which state of matter keeps its own shape?
- A Gas
- B Steam
- C Liquid
- D Solid
Which state of matter takes the shape of its container but keeps its amount?
- A Crystal
- B Liquid
- C Gas
- D Solid
Which state of matter spreads out to fill any container?
- A Solid
- B Ice
- C Gas
- D Liquid
Which of these is a solid?
- A A wooden block
- B Steam
- C Air
- D Milk
Which of these is a liquid?
- A A pencil
- B Oxygen
- C A rock
- D Juice
Which of these is a gas?
- A Honey
- B Sand
- C The air in a balloon
- D An ice cube
What happens when ice gets warm?
- A It gets harder
- B It melts into water
- C It turns into sand
- D It turns into a rock
What happens when water is put in a freezer?
- A It boils
- B It freezes into ice
- C It evaporates
- D It turns to gas
When liquid water is heated until it bubbles, it…
- A Boils and turns to steam
- B Becomes a solid
- C Freezes
- D Stays the same
What is it called when a liquid turns into a solid?
- A Freezing
- B Melting
- C Evaporating
- D Boiling
What is it called when a solid turns into a liquid?
- A Condensing
- B Boiling
- C Freezing
- D Melting
At what temperature does water freeze in Fahrenheit?
- A 32 °F
- B 212 °F
- C 0 °F
- D 100 °F
At what temperature does water boil in Celsius?
- A 32 °C
- B 212 °C
- C 0 °C
- D 100 °C
Is sand a solid or a liquid?
- A A liquid
- B A solid
Each grain of sand keeps its shape, so sand is a solid even though it can be poured.
What is steam?
- A Water as a gas
- B Ice as a solid
- C A kind of cloud of dust
- D Smoke from fire
Which change can be reversed by cooling?
- A Burned toast
- B A cooked egg
- C Melted chocolate hardening
- D Ashes from wood
In which state are the particles packed most tightly?
- A They are all the same
- B Gas
- C Liquid
- D Solid
Water drops on a cold window come from which gas in the air?
- A Smoke
- B Oxygen
- C Water vapor
- D Helium
What is anything that takes up space and has mass called?
- A Energy
- B Matter
- C Sound
- D Light
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