Sunday, November 24, 2024

MCQs Science Olympiad for Class 4, Chapter - States of Matter

 MCQs

1. What are the three main states of matter?

a) Solid, Liquid, Energy
b) Solid, Gas, Plasma
c) Solid, Liquid, Gas
d) Liquid, Plasma, Gas
Answer: c) Solid, Liquid, Gas

2. Which state of matter has a fixed shape?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: a) Solid

3. Which state of matter flows and takes the shape of its container?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Liquid

4. In which state of matter are particles packed closely together?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: a) Solid

5. What happens to most solids when heated?

a) They shrink
b) They melt
c) They evaporate
d) They freeze
Answer: b) They melt

6. Which state of matter has no fixed shape and no fixed volume?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: c) Gas

7. Ice changing into water is an example of:

a) Freezing
b) Melting
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation
Answer: b) Melting

8. Water turning into steam is called:

a) Freezing
b) Melting
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation
Answer: c) Evaporation

9. Which of these is an example of a solid?

a) Milk
b) Oxygen
c) Brick
d) Water
Answer: c) Brick

10. What do you call the process of water vapor turning back into liquid water?

a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Freezing
d) Melting
Answer: a) Condensation

11. What is the process of changing a gas into a solid called?

a) Sublimation
b) Freezing
c) Deposition
d) Melting
Answer: c) Deposition

12. Which of the following is NOT a property of gases?

a) They flow
b) They have a fixed shape
c) They spread easily
d) They have no fixed volume
Answer: b) They have a fixed shape

13. What happens to the particles of matter when heated?

a) They move slower
b) They stay in place
c) They move faster
d) They stop moving
Answer: c) They move faster

14. Which state of matter has the most energy?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: d) Plasma

15. What is the term for the change from a solid directly to a gas?

a) Sublimation
b) Melting
c) Freezing
d) Condensation
Answer: a) Sublimation

16. Which of these objects is an example of a liquid?

a) Stone
b) Juice
c) Balloon
d) Ice
Answer: b) Juice

17. What is the boiling point of water at sea level?

a) 0°C
b) 50°C
c) 100°C
d) 200°C
Answer: c) 100°C

18. What is the freezing point of water?

a) 0°C
b) 50°C
c) 100°C
d) -10°C
Answer: a) 0°C

19. Which of these gases is necessary for humans to breathe?

a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Helium
Answer: a) Oxygen

20. Clouds are made of:

a) Ice cubes
b) Water vapor
c) Dust only
d) Liquid water droplets
Answer: d) Liquid water droplets


21. Which of the following is an example of matter?

a) Sound
b) Air
c) Light
d) Heat
Answer: b) Air

22. What happens to water when it freezes?

a) It becomes a gas
b) It becomes a solid
c) It evaporates
d) It expands
Answer: b) It becomes a solid

23. Which state of matter is compressible?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) All of these
Answer: c) Gas

24. What is dry ice made of?

a) Water
b) Solid carbon dioxide
c) Nitrogen
d) Ice and salt
Answer: b) Solid carbon dioxide

25. When a solid changes into a liquid, the process is called:

a) Freezing
b) Melting
c) Boiling
d) Evaporation
Answer: b) Melting

26. Which state of matter expands the most when heated?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: c) Gas

27. What keeps a solid in its shape?

a) The fixed arrangement of its particles
b) The high energy of its particles
c) Its ability to flow
d) Its temperature
Answer: a) The fixed arrangement of its particles

28. Which state of matter can fill the entire space of a container?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) None of these
Answer: c) Gas

29. What process changes a liquid to a solid?

a) Melting
b) Freezing
c) Boiling
d) Evaporation
Answer: b) Freezing

30. Which of these is not a property of liquids?

a) Definite shape
b) Can flow
c) Takes the shape of the container
d) Has a fixed volume
Answer: a) Definite shape

31. Which gas is used to fill balloons to make them float?

a) Oxygen
b) Helium
c) Nitrogen
d) Carbon dioxide
Answer: b) Helium

32. When ice melts, it becomes:

a) Water vapor
b) Liquid water
c) A gas
d) A solid
Answer: b) Liquid water

33. Which state of matter cannot be poured?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) None of these
Answer: a) Solid

34. What is the process called when water boils and changes into steam?

a) Freezing
b) Melting
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation
Answer: c) Evaporation

35. Which of these is an example of a gas?

a) Stone
b) Water
c) Air
d) Ice
Answer: c) Air

36. What is the scientific term for water in its gas form?

a) Water vapor
b) Dew
c) Ice
d) Liquid water
Answer: a) Water vapor

37. What is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas called?

a) Evaporation
b) Freezing
c) Condensation
d) Sublimation
Answer: a) Evaporation

38. Which of these materials is the best example of a solid?

a) Juice
b) Brick
c) Steam
d) Oil
Answer: b) Brick

39. Which state of matter has particles that are farthest apart?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: c) Gas

40. What happens when a gas is cooled?

a) It becomes a solid
b) It becomes a liquid
c) It expands
d) It disappears
Answer: b) It becomes a liquid

41. When you leave a wet cloth to dry, the water disappears. What is this process called?

a) Freezing
b) Condensation
c) Evaporation
d) Melting
Answer: c) Evaporation

42. Which of these is the hardest to compress?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: a) Solid

43. Steam is an example of:

a) A solid
b) A liquid
c) A gas
d) A mixture
Answer: c) A gas

44. What is the process called when a gas changes to a liquid?

a) Freezing
b) Condensation
c) Melting
d) Sublimation
Answer: b) Condensation

45. What is the main component of air?

a) Oxygen
b) Hydrogen
c) Nitrogen
d) Carbon dioxide
Answer: c) Nitrogen

46. Which state of matter is usually the lightest?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: c) Gas

47. Water droplets forming on the outside of a cold glass is an example of:

a) Evaporation
b) Condensation
c) Freezing
d) Sublimation
Answer: b) Condensation

48. Which of these is an example of sublimation?

a) Ice melting
b) Dry ice turning into gas
c) Water boiling
d) Snow melting
Answer: b) Dry ice turning into gas

49. Which of the following expands the least when heated?

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
Answer: a) Solid

50. What happens when a liquid is cooled?

a) It turns into gas
b) It turns into a solid
c) It evaporates
d) It stays as a liquid
Answer: b) It turns into a solid

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