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7 th grade In tegrated Sc ience
Stan dard 1

Knowledge Chec k

1. Check your level of knowledge for each of these terms:

3 2 1
Word Can Define/Use Heard It Don’t K now It
Atom
Molecule
Meniscus
Gas
Liquid
Solid
Temperature
Mass
Volume

3. For each of the words you rated as a “3”, please write a definition below:

4. Look up the words you checked in “2” and “1” in your book and write the
definitions.
 5. Using a periodic table draw a picture of the following atoms with the
correct number of protons, electrons, and neutrons.
 Boron (B)
 Nitrogen (N)
 Lithium (Li)

6. What instrument have we used in class to find mass?

7. Which illustration is an example of an atom?

Picture A Picture B Picture C Picture D

8. What happens to particles of liquid water when the water is heated?

A. No change takes place
B. They speed up and the space between them increases
C. They speed up and the space between them decreases
D. They slow down and the space between them increases
E. They slow down and the space between them decreases
9. The particles that are bound together the tightest are found in a
A. gas
B. liquid
C. solid
D. mixture
10. Which of the following physical states has particles that move to take the
shape and fill whatever container they are in?
A. gas
B. liquid
C. molecule
D. solid
11. Which of the following physical states has particles that vibrate in place and
do not move past their neighbors?
A. gas
B. liquid
C. molecule
D. solid

12. Which of the following physical states has particles that move very fast and
travel as far apart as they can?
A. gas
B. liquid
C. molecule
D. solid
13. Which of the following ways are solids and gases alike?
A. Both have particles that move very fast
B. Both have particles that move very slow
C. Both are made of particles
D. Both have particles that are very close together

14. Which is the smallest particle?

A. atom
B. molecule
C. compound
D. solid