Physical and
Chemical Changes
Study Guide and
Test
Aligns with S5P1
Name:_____________________________
Date:___________
Matter Study Guide
1. What is matter? _________________________________________________
2. What is a chemical change?
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3. What is a physical property?
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4. What is a chemical property?
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5. What is a physical change?
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6. What are some examples of matter? _________________________,
__________________________, and _________________________________.
7. If you dissolve sugar in a pitcher of tea, is that a chemical change or physical
change? Why?
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8. What is a chemical reaction?
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9. What is an example of a chemical reaction?
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10. If you put a nail in a bottle with water, why does it rust?
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11. If you put a nail in a bottle without water, would it rust?
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12. What is a mixture?
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Matter Study Guide Answer Key
1. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. A chemical change is when one or more substances combine to make
something new
3. A physical property is made of traits of the substance itselfhow
4. A chemical property involves how a substance will interact with something else
5. A physical change is a change that does not result in a new substance
6. Answers may vary.
7. A physical change has occurred because it i s possible to boil the sugar out of
the tea.
8. Another name for a chemical reaction is a chemical change.
9. Answer may vary.
10. The metal will react with the oxygen in the water.
11. No it will not rust because there is no reacton taking place.
12. A mixture is when two or more substances combine, but it does not form
anything new, like salt and pepper or trail mix.
Name: ___________________________________
Date: ____________
Matter Test – Version 1
Part 1: Matching – Match the correct term to the definition it matches.
1. _____ a property that involves how a substance interacts with other substances
A. matter
2. _____ anything that has mass and takes up space
3. _____ a change that results in the formation of a new substance
B. chemical change
C. physical property
4. _____ a trait of a substance by itself
D. physical change
5. ____ a change that does not result in a new substance
E. chemical property
Part II: Multiple Choice – Choose the correct answer that matches each question.
6. ______ Which of the following are matter?
A. energy
C. light
B. paper
D. sound
7. ______ Which of these describes a chemical property of a substance?
A. colorless
C. odorless
B. a liquid at 20 degrees
D. reacts with oxygen
8. ______ Which of the following is a chemical reaction?
A. Hydrogen and oxygen to combine to make water
B. Liquid water freezes and becomes ice
C. A rock is crushed into small pieces
D. sugar dissolves in hot tea
9. ______ Sandra heated water until it became a gas. Which term identifies this change?
A. boiling
C. condensing
B. freezing
D. melting
10. _____ Joey heated ice until it became a liquid. Which term identifies this change?
A. boiling
C. condensing
B. freezing
D. melting
11. _____ Which is a chemical property of a substance?
A. what its melting temperature is
C. whether it floats
B. whether it burns when oxygen is present
D. what color it is
12. _____ Which of the following is a chemical reaction?
A. wood burning
C. clouds forming
B. salt dissolving
D. meat freezing
Part 111: Chemical or Physical Changes – Write P on the line by the description if it
describes a physical change, or write C on the line if it describes a chemical change.
13. _____ Grinding chalk into powder.
14. _____ freezing water into ice
15. _____ dying your hair from blonde to black
16. _____ baking a cake
17. _____ sanding a piece of wood
18. _____ cracking an egg
19. _____ frying an egg
20. _____ making lemonade
Part IV: Short answer – Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Remember to
use RAP.
21. What is the definition of matter? Give an example of something this is matter and something
that is not matter.
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Matter – Version 1 Answer Key
1. E
13. P
2. A
14. P
3. B
15. P
4. C
16. C
5. E
17. P
6. B
18. P
7. D
19. C
8. A
20. P
9. D
21. Something that has mass
10. B
and takes up space. See
student answers for
11. A
12. D
examples.
Name: ___________________________________
Date: ____________
Matter Test – Version 2
Part 1: Matching – Match the correct term to the definition it matches.
1. _____ a property that involves how a substance interacts with
other substances
2. _____ a change that results in the formation of a new substance
A. chemical change
B. physical property
C. physical change
3. _____ a trait of a substance by itself
D. chemical property
4. _____ a change that does not result in a new substance
Part II: Multiple Choice – Choose the correct answer that matches each question.
5. ______ Which of these describes a chemical property of a substance?
A. colorless
C. odorless
B. a liquid at 20 degrees
D. reacts with oxygen
6. ______ Which of the following is a chemical reaction?
A. Hydrogen and oxygen to combine to make water
B. Liquid water freezes and becomes ice
C. A rock is crushed into small pieces
D. sugar dissolves in hot tea
7. ______ Sandra heated water until it became a gas. Which term identifies this change?
A. boiling
C. condensing
B. freezing
D. melting
8. _____ Joey heated ice until it became a liquid. Which term identifies this change?
A. boiling
C. condensing
B. freezing
D. melting
9. _____ Which is a chemical property of a substance?
A. what its melting temperature is
C. whether it floats
B. whether it burns when oxygen is present
D. what color it is
10. _____ Which of the following is a chemical reaction?
A. wood burning
C. clouds forming
B. salt dissolving
D. meat freezing
Part 111: Chemical or Physical Changes – Write P on the line by the description if it
describes a physical change, or write C on the line if it describes a chemical change.
11. _____ Grinding chalk into powder
12. _____ freezing water into ice
13. _____ dying your hair from blonde to black
14. _____ baking a cake
15. _____ sanding a piece of wood
16. _____ cracking an egg
17. _____ frying an egg
18. _____ making lemonade
Part IV: Short answer – Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Remember to
use RAP.
19. What is the definition of matter? Give an example of something this is matter and something
that is not matter.
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20. What is the difference between mass and weight?
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21. What is an atom? What are the three parts of an atom, and what are their charges?
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22. Explain the following statement: “Mass is equal to the sum of its parts”.
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23. A chocolate cake weighs 32 ounces. If it is cut into 4 equal pieces, how much will each piece
weigh? ____________________
24. A box of markers weighs 70 grams. If the box contains 10 markers, how much does each
marker weigh? _____________________
Matter – Version 2 Answer Key
1. D
2. A
20. Mass is how much space
something takes up. Weight is the
amount of gravity’s pull on the
3. B
object (how heavy it is).
4. C
21. An atom is the smallest possible
5. D
particle in matter. There are
protons, neutrons, and electrons
6. A
7. A
located inside an atom. A proton
has a positive charge, neutrons
have a neutral charge, and an
8. D
9. B
10. A
electron has a negative charge.
Protons and neutrons are located
inside the nucleus and electrons
orbit around it.
11. P
22. The mass of an object will be
12. P
13. P
the same if you weigh it in its
entirety and weigh it in parts
before adding the sum together
14. C
15. P
for a total. For example, if a bag of
potatoes weighs 20 pounds, I could
weigh each individual potato, then
16. P
add the sums together to get a
17. C
total of 20 pounds.
18. P
23. 8 oz
19. Something that has mass and
24. 7 g
takes up space. See student
answers for examples.
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