Matter and Its Properties: A Fun Learning Quiz for 1st Graders

Question 1

What happens when you put an ice cube in a warm place?

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It melts.

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It changes color.

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It stays the same.

Question 2

What happens when liquid water turns into a solid?

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Freezing

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Melting

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Evaporation

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Condensation

Question 3

Which of these is NOT a state of matter?

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Energy

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Water

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Air

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Ice

Question 4

What are the three main states that matter can be in?

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Solid, liquid, and gas

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Hot, cold, and warm

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Big, small, and medium

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Soft, hard, and squishy

Question 5

Which of these has a definite shape and volume?

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Ice

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Air

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Water

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Steam

Question 6

When you heat a liquid, what happens to it?

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It turns into a gas.

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It turns into ice.

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It changes color.

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It freezes.

Question 7

What do we call the change when a solid turns into a liquid?

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Melting

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Freezing

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Evaporation

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Condensation

Question 8

What state of matter is the air we breathe?

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Gas

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Solid

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Liquid

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Plasma

Question 9

Which of these materials is good at transferring heat?

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Metal

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Wood

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Plastic

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Rubber

Question 10

What is the change called when a liquid becomes a solid?

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Freezing

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Melting

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Evaporation

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Condensation

Question 11

Which of these is a mixture of two or more substances?

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Salt water

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Pure water

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Oxygen

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Iron

Question 12

What is the smallest part of an element called?

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Atom

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Molecule

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Compound

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Element

Question 13

Which of these is NOT a form of matter?

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Sound

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Solid

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Liquid

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Gas

Question 14

Which of these is an example of a liquid?

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Water

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Ice

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Air

Question 15

What occurs when you heat ice?

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It melts

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It freezes

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It turns into a gas

Question 16

Which of these is the process of a liquid changing into a gas?

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Evaporation

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Melting

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Freezing

Question 17

Which of these is a mixture?

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Salad

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Salt

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Water

Question 18

Liquids can take the shape of their container. What does this mean?

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Liquids can change their shape to match the container they are in.

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Liquids have a fixed shape, like a cube.

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Liquids are difficult to pour from one container to another.

Question 19

Liquids are things that can flow easily and have no definite shape. Which of these is a liquid?

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Water

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Ice

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Steam

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Wood

Question 20

When ice turns into water, we say it _____

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melts

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boils

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freezes

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condenses

Question 21

Solids have a definite shape and volume. Which of these is a characteristic of solids?

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They have a definite shape and volume

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They can flow easily

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They can be easily compressed

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They have no definite shape or volume

Question 22

When a liquid turns into a gas, we say it _____.

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evaporates

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condenses

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freezes

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melts

Question 23

Gases have no definite shape or volume. Which of these is an example of a gas?

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Air

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Water

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Ice

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Wood

Question 24

Water turns into steam when it _____.

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boils

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melts

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freezes

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condenses

Question 25

When a gas turns into a liquid, we say it _____.

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condenses

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evaporates

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freezes

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melts

Question 26

When water turns into ice, we say it _____.

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freezes

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melts

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boils

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condenses

Question 27

Which of these objects is a solid?

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Ice

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Water

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Air

Question 28

What happens when you heat ice?

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It melts.

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It freezes.

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It boils.

Question 29

Which of these substances is a gas?

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Oxygen

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Water

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Ice

Question 30

What is the shape of a liquid?

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It takes the shape of its container.

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It has a definite shape.

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It has a round shape.

Question 31

What is the process called when a solid changes to a liquid?

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Melting

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Freezing

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Evaporation

Question 32

Which of these is an example of a physical change of matter?

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Melting ice

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Burning wood

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Rusting iron

Question 33

Which of these is a characteristic of a solid?

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It has a definite shape and volume.

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It flows easily.

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It can be compressed.

Question 34

What happens when you boil water?

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It turns into gas.

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It turns into ice.

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It turns into liquid.

Question 35

Which object has a definite shape and volume?

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Ice cube

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Water

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Air

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Pillow

Question 36

What happens to ice when it warms up?

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It turns into a liquid.

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It turns into a solid.

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It turns into a gas.

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Nothing happens.

Question 37

What is the main difference between a solid and a liquid?

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Solids have a definite shape, while liquids do not.

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Liquids have a definite volume, while solids do not.

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Solids are heavier than liquids.

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Liquids are denser than solids.

Question 38

Which of these can be both a solid and a liquid?

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Water

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Wood

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Metal

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Plastic

Question 39

What is the name for the change when a gas becomes a liquid?

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Condensation

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Melting

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Freezing

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Evaporation

Question 40

Which of these is an example of a gas?

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Air

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Ice

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Water

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Sand

Question 41

What is the smallest piece of matter called?

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Atom

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Molecule

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Proton

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Neutron

Question 42

Which of these is not a property of matter?

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Intelligence

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Mass

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Volume

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Color

Question 43

Who first suggested that everything is made up of tiny, moving pieces called atoms?

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Democritus

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Albert Einstein

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Marie Curie

Question 44

Which of these is a solid?

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Ice

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Fire

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Air

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Water

Question 45

What happens to a solid when it is heated?

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It melts.

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It evaporates.

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It freezes.

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It condenses.

Question 46

Which of these is a gas?

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Air

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Sugar

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Water

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Ice

Question 47

What happens to a liquid when it is cooled?

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It freezes.

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It condenses.

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It evaporates.

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It melts.

Question 48

Which of these has a definite shape and volume?

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Solid

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Liquid

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Plasma

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Gas

Question 49

Which of these has a definite volume but no definite shape?

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Liquid

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Gas

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Plasma

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Solid

Question 50

Which of these is a physical change?

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Melting ice

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Burning wood

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Rusting iron