Basic Matter
Labs
A Matter of Change
Chemical or Physical
100
Blowing up a balloon demonstrates this about air.
What is made of small particles that cannot be seen?
100
You would measure weight using a _________ and volume using a ___________.
ruler graduated cylinder
thermometer. balance
What is a balance and a graduated cylinder?
100
A mixture of sugar and water was left out for a week. There is now a small amount of liquid and crystals in the bottom. The number of new substances formed.
What is none?
100
Strong odor is to a _________ change as breaking in half is to a _________ change.
What is a chemical to a physical?
200
A glass of ice and water weighs 250 milligrams will have this weight, more weight, less weight after it melts.
What is have this weight (the same)?
200
The correct order of the steps of an experiment:
Record results
Make hypothesis
Observe for changes
Place water in cylinders
Stir in white substance
Make hypothesis
Place water in cylinders
Stir in white substance
Observe for changes
Record results
200
A piece of wood weighing 15 grams burns for 10 minutes. There is some wood and ash left. When remaining wood is weighed, it measures 10 grams. This is the weight of the ash.
What is 5 grams?
200
Mixing and warming 2 ounces of hot chocolate powder and 7 ounces of water will result in these 2 descriptions of the mixture.
What is weighs the same?
What is weigh 9 ounces?
300
Joe mixes 15 milliliters (mL) of oil with 5 mL of vinegar to make salad dressing.
Answer shown on graph.
300
Missing information.
What is 10--205--20
20--185--40
300
Cup 1-2 ounces of water and a piece of steel wool
Cup 2-2 ounces of vegetable oil and a piece of steel wool
Cup 3-no liquid just a piece of steel wool
14 days later the only change is a red substance on the wool in the water.
What is a chemical change?
What is rust?
300
The kind of change and what it caused.
What is a chemical changed caused the temperature to increase and more bubbles to form?
400
Density of some properties
pyrite 5.0
galena 7.5
chromite 4.4
magnetite 5.1
The least dense of these minerals.
What is chromite?
400
The conclusion that can be drawn from this.
What happens when more baking soda is added and a larger volume of gas is formed?
400
A plastic gas can is half full of gas and sits in the sun. After a while the sides of the can are pushing out. The reason it happens.
What is the heat expands the particles and they rise to the unfilled part of the can?
400
A. 
B. 
C. 
The order this happened.
What is B, C, A?
500
pyrite 5.0
galena 7.5
chromite 4.4
magnetite 5.1
The way to calculate density of a mineral.
What is measuring the volume and weight of the mineral?
500
Peanut butter and milk were added to containers:
- Container 1: 10 grams milk, 11 grams total weight, 11 grams frozen weight
- Container 2: 20 grams milk, 21 grams total weight, 21 grams frozen weight
- Container 3: 30 grams milk, 31 grams total weight, 31 grams frozen weight
Three conclusions that can be drawn from this lab.
What is the weights of the mixtures do not change in the freezer?
What is the total weight is the sum of all the ingredients?
What is the same amount of peanut butter is in each container?
500
A plastic gas can is half full of gas and sits in the sun. After a while the sides of the can are pushing out. This would happen if the lid were removed.
What is the gas (not liquid gas) will rush out and the swelling will go down?
500
Water contains tiny particles that move and are too small to be seen. Food coloring in water can show that in 2 ways.
What is the coloring would begin to spread around when first placed in the water and then would eventually color all the water by spreading and coloring all of the water.