Online Test — Solid, Liquid & Gas
10 Questions • 12 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 10
hard
Why can't you keep a gas in an open cup like water?
A gas spreads out and escapes
A gas is too heavy
A gas is solid
A gas is wet
Explanation: Gases spread out, so an open cup cannot hold them.
Question 2 of 10
medium
If you put a ball in a box, its shape…
Disappears
Becomes flat
Fills the box
Stays the same
Explanation: A solid keeps its shape wherever you put it.
Question 3 of 10
medium
A stone is which form of matter?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Light
Explanation: A stone is a solid.
Question 4 of 10
easy
When water becomes very cold it turns into…
Air
Steam
Ice (solid)
Smoke
Explanation: Cold water freezes into solid ice.
Question 5 of 10
hard
Why does a brick keep its shape but water does not?
Bricks are wet
Solids have a fixed shape; liquids do not
Water is heavier
Bricks flow
Explanation: Solids hold their shape; liquids take the container's shape.
Question 6 of 10
easy
A liquid takes the shape of its…
Container
Own
Box only
Hand
Explanation: Liquids take the shape of their container.
Question 7 of 10
easy
When water is boiled, it turns into…
Steam (gas)
Ice
A solid
Sand
Explanation: Boiling water turns into steam, a gas.
Question 8 of 10
easy
Matter is found in three main forms: solid, liquid and…
Light
Gas
Sound
Shadow
Explanation: The three forms of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
Question 9 of 10
easy
Liquids can…
Be held in a fist
Stand in a fixed shape
Flow and be poured
Float in air
Explanation: Liquids flow and can be poured.
Question 10 of 10
easy
We usually ___ a gas like air.
Can hold
Cannot see
Can stack
Can cut
Explanation: Most gases, like air, cannot be seen.