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Grade 8 · Physics

Physics quiz for grade 8: States of matter

This quiz helps revise “States of matter” in Physics for grade 8. It has 25 questions in five categories: Shape and Volume, Particles in Motion, Ice Changes, Water and Vapor, Heat and Change. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 13–14
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: States of matter

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Shape and Volume

  1. 100Picture for the question

    An ice cube keeps its shape when moved to another plate. What state of matter is it in?

  2. 200

    Water keeps its volume but takes the shape of its container. What state of matter is it in?

  3. 300

    Air spreads to fill…

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  4. 400

    Water pours from a…

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  5. 500

    A plunger reduces the…

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Particles in Motion

  1. 100

    What are the particles of water called when each contains hydrogen and oxygen atoms?

  2. 200

    Particles in ice remain near fixed positions. What motion do they make around those positions?

  3. 300

    A drop of dye…

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  4. 400

    What happens to the…

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  5. 500

    What is the repeating…

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Ice Changes

  1. 100Picture for the question

    An ice cube in a warm room turns into water. What is this change called?

  2. 200

    Water in a freezer turns into ice. What is this change called?

  3. 300

    At ordinary air pressure…

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  4. 400

    Dry ice vanishes into…

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  5. 500

    An ice-water mixture gains…

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Water and Vapor

  1. 100Picture for the question

    A puddle slowly dries on a warm day. What is the escape of water from its surface called?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Invisible moisture in the air forms drops on the outside of a cold glass. What is this change called?

  3. 300

    At ordinary air pressure…

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  4. 400

    What fills the large…

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  5. 500

    Air pressure is lower…

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Heat and Change

  1. 100

    An ice cube cools a drink as it turns to water. Where does the ice get its heat?

  2. 200

    Some water in a sealed jar becomes vapor. What happens to the total mass of the jar and its contents?

  3. 300

    A wet hand feels…

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  4. 400

    What units measure the…

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  5. 500

    Turning 1 kilogram of…

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