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2.P.3A.3 Conduct structured investigations to test how adding or removing heat can cause changes in
solids and liquids.

1. When an ice cube is left at room temperature, what state does the
ice change into?
A solid
B liquid
C It stays the same.
2. Mrs. Cox is burning a candle in a square dish. What will happen as
the candle burns?
A The wax will turn to liquid form.
B The wax will remain a solid.
C The melted wax will ball up.
3. Trenton received a chocolate candy bar for good behavior. He put
the candy bar in his pocket and went outside to play. It was a hot,
sunny day. What is going to happen to the bar if he leaves it in his
pocket?
A The chocolate will melt because of the heat.
B The chocolate will become hard and stiff.
C The chocolate will not change.
4. Mrs. Cole wants to give popsicles to her class for a treat. But the
schools freezer is broken. What will happen to the popsicles since
they cant be stored in the freezer?
A They will be too frozen to eat.
B They will not change, but will not be good to eat.
C They will melt.
5. If you took ice cream out of the freezer and accidentally left it out
for a long time, what would happen to the ice cream?
A It would change from a solid to a liquid.
B It would change from a liquid to a solid.
C It would remain a solid.

6. How is butter changed from a solid to a liquid?

A by adding cold
B by adding heat
C by adding water
7. When you make ice cubes, what changes the water from a liquid to
a solid?
A heat
B cold temperatures
C air
8. What does this picture show?
A
B
C
D

a liquid changing into a solid

a solid changing into a liquid
a liquid staying the same
a solid staying the same

9. Daniels mother is making homemade candy for a party. She melts

bars of chocolate in a pot on the stove. When the chocolate melts,
she pours it into a candy mold. Finally, she puts the mold in a
freezer. What has happened?
A A solid has been turned into a liquid, then back into a solid.
B A liquid has been turned into a gas.
C A solid has been turned into a gas.
10. When ice melts in hot water it changes from a solid to a liquid.
This is called
A temperature.
B freezing.
C heating.

2.P.3A.4 Construct scientific arguments using evidence from investigations to support claims that some
changes in solids or liquids are reversible and some are not when heat is added or removed.

11.

Alfreda wanted eggs for breakfast. She cracked the egg in a bowl and
scrambled it in a pan. Is this a reversible or irreversible change?
a. It is reversible because you can put the egg back together.
b. It is irreversible because the heat changed the state of the egg and it
cooling it will not change it back.
c. The egg did not change.

12.

Joi got an icee pop out of the freezer. She sat it down on the kitchen
table and forgot about it. After an hour, she came back and it was
liquid. Is this a reversible or irreversible change?
a. It is irreversible because the heat has changed it into a liquid.
b. The icee pop stayed the same.
c. It is reversible because she can put it back in the freezer to make it a
solid again.

13.

Nyeka loves to burn candles. When she was burning her favorite candle,
she noticed that the wax was turning into a liquid. Is this a reversible or
irreversible change?
a. It is reversible, because when it cools, the liquid wax will turn back into a
solid.
b. It is irreversible because the wax will remain in liquid form forever.
c. The heat did not change the candle.

14.

Faye loves to eat popcorn. She popped a bag of popcorn and then decided
that she didnt want any. Can she cool the popcorn to turn it back into
kernels?
a. Yes, if she puts it in the freezer, the popcorn will change back into
kernels.
b. No, popping corn is an irreversible change. Cooling will not change it
back into a kernel.
c. Heating did not change the corn kernels.

15.

Is burning a sheet of paper reversible or irreversible?

a. Neither. Nothing will happen if you burn paper.

b. Reversible, because you can cool it to turn it back into paper.
c. Irreversible, because the heat will totally destroy the paper.