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Matter and Energy Practice Tests

These Grade 10 Science practice tests develop matter classification, states of matter, density, phase changes, heat transfer, kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy, and basic thermal calculations.

Skills covered

  • Classifying matter, pure substances, states of matter, plasma, physical properties, mass, volume, and density
  • Explaining melting, freezing, vaporization, condensation, sublimation, deposition, heating curves, and phase-change energy
  • Distinguishing conduction, convection, radiation, thermal equilibrium, insulators, and conductors
  • Comparing kinetic, potential, chemical, exothermic, and endothermic energy changes
  • Using density ρ = m/V and thermal-energy relationships such as q = mcΔT with correct units

How to use these practice tests

Identify whether the question describes particles, energy, or a measurable property. Keep mass, volume, temperature, and energy units visible, and distinguish average particle energy from total thermal energy.

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Grade 10 Matter and Energy Practice Tests

Practice Grade 10 Science questions about matter, states, density, phase changes, heat transfer, kinetic and potential energy, conservation, and basic thermal calculations.

Choose the best answer. Classify matter, track phase and energy changes, identify heat-transfer methods, and use density or thermal-energy relationships with units.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is matter?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Anything that has mass and occupies space.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Matter has mass and takes up space, whether it is a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is Anything that has mass and occupies space.

Matter has mass and takes up space, whether it is a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a physical property?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Density.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Density can be measured without changing a substance into a new substance.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is Density.

Density can be measured without changing a substance into a new substance.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What does density describe?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Mass per unit volume.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Density relates how much mass is contained in a given volume.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is Mass per unit volume.

Density relates how much mass is contained in a given volume.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which instrument is commonly used to measure mass in a laboratory?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A balance.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: A balance compares or measures mass, while the other tools measure temperature, volume, or length.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is A balance.

A balance compares or measures mass, while the other tools measure temperature, volume, or length.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which unit is commonly used for liquid volume in a school laboratory?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Milliliter.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Milliliters are common units for measuring liquid volume.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is Milliliter.

Milliliters are common units for measuring liquid volume.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a solid?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A state with a definite shape and definite volume.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Solid particles are closely arranged and maintain a fixed shape and volume.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is A state with a definite shape and definite volume.

Solid particles are closely arranged and maintain a fixed shape and volume.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a liquid?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A state with definite volume but no definite shape.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Liquid particles remain close enough for a definite volume but flow to fit the container.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is A state with definite volume but no definite shape.

Liquid particles remain close enough for a definite volume but flow to fit the container.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a gas?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A state with no definite shape and no definite volume.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Gas particles are far apart and expand to fill the available container.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is A state with no definite shape and no definite volume.

Gas particles are far apart and expand to fill the available container.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What is plasma?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is An energized state containing freely moving charged particles.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Plasma is an ionized state with free electrons and ions.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is An energized state containing freely moving charged particles.

Plasma is an ionized state with free electrons and ions.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a pure substance?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A sample of pure copper.

  1. Identify the matter or energy concept: Determine whether the question asks about a property, state, phase change, heat transfer, energy form, conservation, density, or specific heat.
  2. Use the relationship or observation: Pure copper contains one element, while the other samples are mixtures.
  3. Check the unit and conclusion: The correct answer is A sample of pure copper.

Pure copper contains one element, while the other samples are mixtures.

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