Grade 2 Chemistry Worksheet: Matter Skill Builder

Matter Skill Builder

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Grade 2 Chemistry Worksheet: Matter Skill Builder

Matter Skill Builder

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Grade: Grade 2

Subject: Chemistry

Topic: Matter

Time: 20 Minutes

Difficulty: Challenging

Questions: 40

Instructions:
Read each question carefully. Answer in a full sentence when you can. Try your best on all 40 questions. The questions get a little harder as you go.

Skills Practiced:

Matter
Chemistry
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving

1Question

What is matter?

2Question

Name one thing that is matter.

3Question

Name another thing that is matter.

4Question

Which is matter: air or a shadow?

5Question

Which is matter: a pencil or a thought?

6Question

What are the three common states of matter?

7Question

Is a desk a solid, liquid, or gas?

8Question

Is milk a solid, liquid, or gas?

9Question

Is steam a solid, liquid, or gas?

10Question

Which state of matter keeps its own shape: solid or liquid?

11Question

Which state of matter flows and can change shape: liquid or solid?

12Question

Which state of matter spreads out to fill a space: gas or solid?

13Question

Write one example of a solid.

14Question

Write one example of a liquid.

15Question

Write one example of a gas.

16Question

What do solids and liquids both have in common?

17Question

What do liquids and gases both have in common?

18Question

What do solids, liquids, and gases all have in common?

19Question

If you pour water into a cup, does it keep the shape of the cup or the shape of a box?

20Question

If you put a stone in your hand, does it change shape to fit your hand?

21Question

Which would be easier to pour: sand or a chair?

22Question

Which would bounce more: a rubber ball or juice?

23Question

Which would feel hard: a spoon or a glass of water?

24Question

Circle the best word: Ice is a solid because it has a shape that is fixed / flows.

25Question

Circle the best word: Soup is a liquid because it can flow / keep one shape.

26Question

Circle the best word: Air is a gas because it spreads out / stays packed in one spot.

27Question

What happens to a solid when you put it in a different container?

28Question

What happens to a liquid when you put it in a different container?

29Question

What happens to a gas when it is in a room?

30Question

Which is heavier to lift: a feather or a brick?

31Question

Name a classroom object that is a solid and explain why.

32Question

Name a food or drink that is a liquid and explain why.

33Question

Name something you can see that is a gas.

34Question

Choose the best state of matter: honey in a jar.

35Question

Choose the best state of matter: a crayon.

36Question

Choose the best state of matter: the air in a balloon.

37Question

Explain why a cup is useful for water but not for a rock.

38Question

Sort these into groups: apple, juice, and air.

39Question

What is one way to tell the difference between a solid and a liquid?

40Question

Write a short sentence that uses the word matter correctly.

Answer Key

#	Answer
1	Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
2	A rock is matter.
3	Water is matter.
4	Air is matter.
5	A pencil is matter.
6	Solid, liquid, and gas.
7	A desk is a solid.
8	Milk is a liquid.
9	Steam is a gas.
10	A solid keeps its own shape.
11	A liquid flows and can change shape.
12	A gas spreads out to fill a space.
13	A book is a solid.
14	Juice is a liquid.
15	Air is a gas.
16	They both have mass and take up space.
17	They both can flow.
18	They are all matter.
19	It keeps the shape of the cup.
20	No, it stays the same shape.
21	Sand would be easier to pour.
22	A rubber ball would bounce more.
23	A spoon would feel hard.
24	fixed
25	flow
26	spreads out
27	It still keeps its own shape.
28	It takes the shape of the new container.
29	It spreads out and fills the room.
30	A brick is heavier to lift.
31	A chair is a solid because it keeps its shape.
32	Milk is a liquid because it can pour and flow.
33	Steam is a gas.
34	Honey is a liquid.
35	A crayon is a solid.
36	The air in a balloon is a gas.
37	Water is a liquid and can take the shape of the cup, but a rock is a solid and keeps its own shape.
38	Apple is a solid, juice is a liquid, and air is a gas.
39	A solid keeps its shape, but a liquid flows and takes the shape of its container.
40	Water, air, and rocks are all matter.