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Choose and put a cross (x) on a, b or c that shows the right answers.
1. The chart below shows how E and F are similar and how they are different.

Which of the following can E and

be ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2. Look at the picture below.

Which of the items shown above ( A, B, C and D ) are matter ?

a) A and C only b) B and D only
c) A, B and D only
D
3. Study the concept map below.

d) A, B, C and

Which of the
following can R be ?
a) Cooking oil

b) Cork

c) Needle

d) Sand

4. The syringe below contains 10 cm3 of Y, and its noozle is sealed. When the
plunger is pushed inwards, the volume of Y changes to 6 cm3.

What does the experiment show ?

a) The syringe has no definite volume

b) Y has a definite volume

c) Y can be compressed

d) Y is not matter

5. Study the diagrams below.

What does the

experiment show ?
a) The mass of water is the amount of substance in it.
b) Water has no fixed shape but has a fixed volume.
c) Water can exist in three interchangeable states.
d) Water has mass.

6. Study the chart below.

a) Light only

b) Rain only

c) Light and rain only

sand only

d) Light and

7. Study the chart below.

Which of the
following can Q be ?
a) Heat

b) Sand

c) Water

d) Wind

8. The diagram below shows a tank of water before and after an eel is placed into it

This experiment shows

that the eel ______ .
a) has a fixed shape
b) has gills for breathing
c) has mass
d) takes up space

9. There are three different containers. Each container has 50 cm3 of oil as shown
below.

What property
of oil do the diagrams
show ?
a) oil has mass
b) oil cannot be compressed
c) oil prevents air from moving in and out of water
d) oil takes the
shape of the container that
holds it
10.
A syringe is filled with substance K that flows. When the
nozzle of the syringe is blocked, the plunger cannot be pushed inwards.

What can you

infer from this observation ?
a) K has a definite shape.
b) K has a definite volume.
c) K has a definite shape and a definite volume.
d) K is a gas.
11.
pumped into it.

The diagram below shows a life buoy before and after air is

a) A solid has a fixed shape

What can you conclude from the

observation ?
b) Air has mass

c) Air takes up space

buoy has mass
12.

Study the three containers below.

d) The life

Jeremy wants to transfer 500 cm3 of air in a tank to another container. Which of
the container(s) can be used to hold all the air from the tank ?
a) C only
13.
a) Air
14.
a)

b) A and C only

d) A, B and C

Which of the following is not an example of matter ?

b) Light

c) Water

d) Wind

Which of the following shows that air has mass ?

b)

c)
15.

c) B and C only

d)
Each of the containers A, B and C contains 100 ml of liquid.

Which of the following

conclusions about the
liquids in the three containers are correct ?
A : a liquid has definite shape
B : a liquid has no definite shape
C : the three liquids have different volumes
D : the three liquids have the same volume
a) A and C only
only

b) A and D only

c) B and C only

d) B and D

16.

A balloon can be twisted into shapes as shown above because the ______
a) balloon is not a true solid
c) air in the balloon cannot escape
be

b) air in the balloon can escape

d) air in the balloon can expand and
compressed

Use the table below to answer Question 17 to 19.

17.
a) Log

Which of the items has been classified wrongly ?

b) Milk

c) Corn oil
18.
a) is a gas

d) Carbon dioxide
The wrongly classified item _____ .
b) is a solid

c) is a liquid

d) should be left out entirely

19.
Which of the following items can replace the wrongly
classified item ?
a) Brick
20.

b) Cologne

c) Vinegar

d) Oxygen

Study the diagram below.

What is the volume of the cork ?

a) 25 ml

b) 50 ml

c) 75 ml

d) 100 ml

21.
Aziz had a flattened basketball. He measured the mass of the
ball as shown in Figure A. After that, he pumped some air into the ball. Then he
measured the mass of the ball again as shown in Figure B.

The experiment shows that ______ .

a) air has mass
c) the ball is a matter
belongs to Aziz
22.

b) air occupies space

c)

Oxygen is an example of matter because it ______ .

the

ball

a) can be compressed
and occupies space
b) is all around us

b)

has

mass

d) is needed by all living things

23.
The following diagrams show three identical beakers each
filled with same amount of water.

Which of the following conclusions can be made about the experiment ?

a) Water does not have a fixed shape

b) Water does not occupy space

c) Water has a fixed shape

d) Water occupies space

24.
Set ups A and B show tin cans placed in two basins containing
the same amount of water. The tin can in Set up A is a hollow cylinder. The tin
can in
Set up B is closed at
one end
only.

Which of the following can you conclude from the experiment ?

a) Air has mass
b) Air occupies space
c) Water has mass
occupies space
25.

c)

Study the following set up.

The set up is used to find ______ .

a) the mass of the stone

b) the length of the string

c) the volume of the stone

d) the volume of the cylinder

Water