Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 7 (ICSE) · Science
Chapter: Chapter 8 — Chapter 8: Matter and Its Composition
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is matter made up of? [1]
(A) Atoms and molecules
(B) Only light
(C) Only energy
(D) Nothing specific
2. What is an atom? [1]
(A) The smallest unit of an element
(B) A type of molecule only
(C) A type of energy
(D) A type of force
3. How are particles arranged in a solid? [1]
(A) Tightly packed
(B) Loosely packed
(C) Widely spread
(D) Not arranged at all
4. How are particles arranged in a liquid? [1]
(A) Loosely packed
(B) Tightly packed
(C) Widely spread
(D) Not arranged at all
5. How are particles arranged in a gas? [1]
(A) Widely spread
(B) Tightly packed
(C) Loosely packed
(D) Not arranged at all
6. What explains why solids hold their shape? [1]
(A) Tightly packed particles
(B) Widely spread particles
(C) No particles at all
(D) Only temperature
7. What explains why gases fill their container? [1]
(A) Widely spread, moving particles
(B) Tightly packed particles
(C) No particles at all
(D) Only pressure
8. Why study matter's composition? [1]
(A) To explain physical properties and behaviour
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is matter made up of? [1]
(A) Atoms and molecules
(B) Only light
(C) Only energy
(D) Nothing specific
10. What is an atom? [1]
(A) The smallest unit of an element
(B) A type of molecule only
(C) A type of energy
(D) A type of force
11. How are particles arranged in a solid? [1]
(A) Tightly packed
(B) Loosely packed
(C) Widely spread
(D) Not arranged at all
12. How are particles arranged in a liquid? [1]
(A) Loosely packed
(B) Tightly packed
(C) Widely spread
(D) Not arranged at all
13. How are particles arranged in a gas? [1]
(A) Widely spread
(B) Tightly packed
(C) Loosely packed
(D) Not arranged at all
14. What explains why solids hold their shape? [1]
(A) Tightly packed particles
(B) Widely spread particles
(C) No particles at all
(D) Only temperature
15. What explains why gases fill their container? [1]
(A) Widely spread, moving particles
(B) Tightly packed particles
(C) No particles at all
(D) Only pressure
16. Why study matter's composition? [1]
(A) To explain physical properties and behaviour
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests