Lesson T6.1.1

T6.1.1 Conservation of mass in physical changes Quiz: KS3 Physics, Unit 6

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What happens to total mass during a physical change?

    • Always decreases
    • Disappears completely
    • Stays the same
    • Always increases
  2. Which of these is a physical change?

    • Melting ice
    • Frying an egg
    • Burning wood
    • Rusting iron
  3. When 20 g of ice melts in a sealed bag, what is the mass of the water produced?

    • 0 g
    • 25 g
    • 10 g
    • 20 g
  4. Why does an open bowl of evaporating water lose mass?

    • Gravity decreases
    • Atoms shrink
    • Water is destroyed
    • Vapour escapes
  5. When 50 g of salt dissolves completely in 200 g of water, what is the total mass of the solution?

    • 200 g
    • 150 g
    • 50 g
    • 250 g
  6. Which of these is a chemical change?

    • Boiling water
    • Burning paper
    • Dissolving salt
    • Melting wax
  7. Which process turns a solid straight into a gas without becoming a liquid?

    • Sublimation
    • Dissolving
    • Condensation
    • Freezing
  8. Which change of state is caused by cooling a gas?

    • Boiling
    • Condensation
    • Sublimation
    • Evaporation
  9. What defines a physical change?

    • Chemical bonds form
    • Mass is destroyed
    • Atoms are created
    • No new substances made
  10. A student freezes water then melts it. What is true about the mass?

    • Mass increases
    • Mass becomes zero
    • Mass remains constant
    • Mass decreases
  11. What happens to the mass of a solid when it dissolves?

    • Mass decreases
    • Mass increases
    • Mass is conserved
    • Mass vanishes
  12. A candle melts and solidifies again. What type of change is this?

    • Reversible physical change
    • Thermal destruction
    • Irreversible chemical change
    • Nuclear reaction
  13. If 30 g of a solid melts into a liquid, what is its mass?

    • 30 g
    • 15 g
    • 60 g
    • 0 g
  14. Why is the mass of a heated gas in a sealed container constant?

    • Density increases
    • Matter is destroyed
    • Energy is created
    • Mass is conserved
  15. Which process is an easily reversible physical change?

    • Burning wood
    • Melting ice
    • Rusting iron
    • Cooking eggs
  16. What does measuring the mass of sugar water prove?

    • Mass is conserved
    • Water is created
    • Volume decreases
    • Sugar is destroyed
  17. What does the particle model explain about changes of state?

    • Particles grow larger
    • Atoms break apart
    • Particles change mass
    • Particle arrangement changes
  18. What stays the same when a substance condenses?

    • Total mass
    • Total volume
    • Temperature
    • Particle speed
  19. A metal block is cut into pieces. What is their total mass?

    • The same
    • Slightly lighter
    • Much heavier
    • Zero
  20. Which process is a physical change in which a liquid turns into a gas at its surface at any temperature?

    • Electrolysis
    • Combustion
    • Oxidation
    • Evaporation

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