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Properties of Matter
5th Grade Test Items
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A student has 2 boxes, Box 1 and Box 2, that have the same volume and the same mass, but box one is
plastic and box two is metal. If each box is placed into a beaker of water, which one will displace more
water?
1
a.
b.
c.
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Box 1 will displace more water
Box 2 will displace more water
Box 1 and 2 will displace the same amount of water.
For questions 2-4 refer to the following:
Two cups contain equal amounts (250 g) of coffee; one is cold, the other is hot. You add 10 g of
sugar to each cup and stir.
2. What is the new mass of the contents of each of the cups?
A. 250 g
B. somewhere between 250 g and 260 g
C. 260 g
D. somewhat more than 260 g
3. What happens to the sugar particles when you add them to each of the cups of coffee?
A. They cease to exist.
B. They spread out through the coffee.
C. They become liquid.
D. They form a new and different type of substance with the coffee.
4. In which cup of coffee does the sugar dissolve the fastest?
A. Cold coffee
B. Hot coffee
C. The same rate in cold or hot coffee.
5. A pebble is dropped into a cup of water and sinks to the bottom of the cup. A solid metal bead of exactly the
same size is dropped into the same cup and sinks to the bottom of the cup. How do the pebble and the metal
bead compare?
A. The metal bead and the pebble have the same density.
B. The metal bead and the pebble are the same mass.
C. The metal bead and the pebble are more dense than water.
D. The metal bead and the pebble contain the same materials.
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For questions 6-7 refer to the following:
You put the same amount of water, which is at the same temperature into three beakers of equal size.
Then you add the same mass of sugar to each beaker, but you add it in these different forms: a cube of
sugar into beaker A, granulated sugar into beaker B, and powdered sugar into beaker C.
Sugar cube added
A
Granulated sugar added
B
Powdered sugar added
C
6. In which beaker will the sugar dissolve most rapidly?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. The sugar will finish dissolving at the same time in all 3 beakers.
Explain the answer that you chose.
_____Smaller particle size and more parts of the sugar coming in contact with the
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7. After all the sugar is dissolved in each beaker, you let the water totally evaporate. What is left in
each beaker?
A. Nothing is left in any of the beakers.
B. A sugar cube in beaker A, granulated sugar in beaker B, and powdered sugar in beaker C.
C. Beaker A contains more sugar than either beaker B or beaker C.
D. An equal mass of crystalline sugar will be left in each beaker.
8. The two beakers below contain pure water.
Which of the following properties is the same for both of these samples?
A. Mass
B. Weight
C. Volume
D. Boiling Point
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9. A container is filled with 100 mL of water and placed in a freezer. The water in the container freezes at
0C. A second container filled with 90 mL of water is placed in a second freezer. At what temperature does
this second container of water freeze?
A. - 10C
B. - 1C
C. 0C
D. 10C
10. Which statement about the density of materials is true?
A. Density tells how heavy an object is.
B. Larger objects have a greater density than smaller objects of the same material.
C. Objects possess density only if they sink when placed in water.
D. The density of a head of an iron nail is the same as the density of the tip of an iron nail.
Read the following to answer questions 11 and 12
A graduated cylinder is filled with water up to the 50-millileter mark. A piece of metal is dropped into the
cylinder and the water level goes up to 70 milliliters. The metal is found to have a mass of 200 grams.
11. The volume of the metal is
A. 70 milliliters
B. 20 milliliters
C. 50 milliliters
D. Can not be determined
12. The density of the metal is closest to
A. 1 gram per milliliter
B. 5 grams per milliliter
C. 10 grams per milliliter
D. 20 grams per milliliter
The objects below represent solids that have equal masses and equal volumes.
(A) ball
(B) cube
(C) pyramid
(D) cylinder
13. Which statement is true about the density of the objects?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The cube has the greatest density.
The density of the ball is the least.
The density of all the solids is the same.
The density of the pyramid is greater.
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Below is a list of substances and their densities:
water 1.00 g/mL
iron
7.87 g/mL
lead
11.34 g/mL.
You are given a 100 gram sample of each.
14. Which sample has the greatest mass?
A. The water
B. The lead
C. The iron
D. They all have the same mass.
15. Which sample has the greatest volume?
A. The water
B. The lead
C. The iron
D. They all have the same volume.
16. The diagram below shows what occurred when a can of diet soda and a can of regular soda were dropped into a
container of water.
The can of regular soda sank to the bottom of the container, but the can of diet soda floated. Which of the following
statements best explains this observation?
A. The can of regular soda is less dense than the can of diet soda
B. The can of regular soda is more dense than the can of diet soda.
C. The can of regular soda has a larger volume than the can of diet soda.
D. The can of regular soda has a smaller volume than the can of diet soda.
17. A solid rubber ball sinks when placed in water. What will happen if the ball is cut in half and one of the smaller
pieces is placed underwater?
A. The smaller piece will rise.
B. The smaller piece will sink.
C. The smaller piece will stay motionless.
D. There is no way to predict what will happen.
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18. Which of the following best represents four objects arranged on a weight line? B is the answer
A.
100 g
75 g
25g
50 g
gg
0
B.
25 g
50
50g
g
75
75gg
100 g
g
0
C.
25 g
100 g
50 g
75 g
0
D.
100 g
75 g
50 g
0
19. Which of the following lists includes three mixtures?
A. water, milk, saltwater
B. sugar, salt, ice
C. saltwater, milk, sand
D. sand, sugar, ice
20. Which of the following is true about solutions?
A. It looks like one substance and is made of only one substance
B. It looks like two substances and is made of at least two substances.
C. It looks like one substance but is made of at least two substances
D. It looks like two substances but is made of only one substance.
21. Which one of the following situations describes melting?
A. Putting a bowl of frozen ice cream in the sun.
B. Salt being stirred into a glass of water
C. Placing a sugar cube in a cup of hot coffee.
D. Sucking on a lollipop or piece of candy.
22. A powder made up of both white specks and black specks is likely to be
A. a solution
B. a pure substance
C. a mixture
D. an element
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Open Response Questions
Question #1
The pictures below show two cubes that are the same size. One cube is made of iron metal and the other cube is
made of pine wood.
The two cubes can be compared by their characteristic properties. One characteristic property is whether the cube
will float or sink in water. The iron cube will sink and the pine cube will float.
a. Name two other characteristic properties that can be used to compare the cubes.
b. For each characteristic property that you named in part (a), describe how you could measure or test that
characteristic property to compare the cubes.
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Question #2
A beaker contains water, which has a density of 1.0 g/mL. The chart records the densities of several objects.
Part A: If each object was placed into the beaker, determine if it would sink or float.
Object
Steel
Pine
Nylon
Density
7.8 g/mL
0.7 g/mL
1.3 g/mL
Sink/Float
sink
float
sink
Part B: Explain why each object would sink or float.
_____The steel and the nylon have a density greater than the water, so they would sink. The pine is less dense
than the water which makes it float.
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Part C: Another beaker contains a liquid with a density of 2.5 g/mL. Which object(s) from the table would
float in this new liquid? Why?
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