Here are some science questions to help you test your knowledge of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
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Back to the Grade 5 standards.

Baking a cake is an example of:
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A physical change
Partly right. Some of the changes involved in baking a cake are physical changes. -
A chemical change
Partly right. Some of the changes involved in baking a cake are chemical changes. -
Both
Yes! The process of baking a cake involves many changes. Some, such as water evaporating and sugar melting are physical changes. Others, such as baking powder reacting cause a change in the chemical formulas, indicating a chemical change. For more on this, read Changing How We Look at Changing -
Neither
No. There are many changes involved in baking a cake.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.5.P.9.1 Investigate and describe that many physical and chemical changes are affected by temperature.
The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Why Wet Things Don't Burn | video, checked |
Igneous Sugar | video, checked |
Growing Crystals from Solution | text page, checked |
Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
Review Matter-4 | practice |
SC.8.P.9.2 Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes.
Silver Pictures | video, checked |
Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Changing Colors, part 1 | video |
Changing Colors, part 2 | video |
Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Polymers and Slime | video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
Review Matter-4 | practice |
Utah
UT.5.I.3.d Compare a physical change to a chemical change.
Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Paper Petals | video, ClosedCaptions |
Changing Colors, part 1 | video |
Changing Colors, part 2 | video |
The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
Review Matter-4 | practice |
UT.8.I.1.a Differentiate between chemical and physical properties.
Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Paper Petals | video, ClosedCaptions |
Cabbage Indicator | video, checked |
Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Making Turmeric Paper | video, checked |
Testing for Tannic Acid | video |
Review Matter-4 | practice |
NGSS
2-PS1-4 Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
A Watched Pot | video |
Why We Sweat | video, checked |
Photographing Snowflakes | video, checked |
A Hot Change | text page |
Review Matter-4 | practice |
MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Cabbage Indicator | video, checked |
Polymers and Slime | video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Silver Pictures | video, checked |
Science and the Haunted Pumpkin | video, free, checked |
Making Turmeric Paper | video, checked |
Testing for Tannic Acid | video |
Relighting Candles | video, checked |
Catalysts | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Changing Colors, part 1 | video |
Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Changing Colors, part 2 | video |
The Chemistry of Milk | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
How They Get the Sparks in a Sparkler | video |
Candles in a Jar, part 2 | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Orange Flash | video |
Candles in a Jar, part 1 | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
A Hot Change | text page |
Changing How We Look at Changing | text page, free |
Review Matter-4 | practice |

When you mix cornstarch and water, you get something that many science sites call Oobleck. Under pressure, it feels like a solid, but when the pressure is removed, it flows like a liquid. What state of matter is it?
Answer:
This is a mixture, made up of particles of solid matter surrounded by a liquid. The mixture is not a single state of matter.
This is an important concept to understand, and it is seen in many things we use every day. A good example is the Egg States video, showing how a mixture of liquid and gas can seem to be a solid.
Before you try to decide if something is solid, liquid, gas, plasma, or some other state of matter, first make sure that it is a pure substance, and not a mixture of different states.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.2.P.8.2 Identify objects and materials as solid, liquid, or gas.
Air Space | video |
Egg States | video, checked |
Experimenting with Dry Ice | video, free, checked |
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Raw Egg or Boiled? | video, checked |
Teach It Right the First Time. | text page, free |
Review Matter-3 | practice |
SC.5.P.8.1 Compare and contrast the basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases, such as mass, volume, color, texture, and temperature.
>>> Teacher Page: States of Matter
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Raw Egg or Boiled? | video, checked |
Air Space | video |
A Bouncing Water Balloon | video |
Egg States | video, checked |
Experimenting with Dry Ice | video, free, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 1 | video, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 2 | video, checked |
Air has Weight | text page |
Teach It Right the First Time. | text page, free |
Review Matter-2 | practice |
Review Matter-1 | practice |
Review Matter-3 | practice |
Review Weather-10 | practice |
SC.8.P.8.1 Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by using models to explain the motion of particles in solids, liquids, and gases.
A Bouncing Water Balloon | video |
Egg States | video, checked |
Experimenting with Dry Ice | video, free, checked |
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Expansion of Solids | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Review Matter-1 | practice |
Review Matter-3 | practice |
Utah
UT.5.I.2.a Identify the physical properties of matter (e.g., hard, soft, solid, liquid, gas).
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Raw Egg or Boiled? | video, checked |
Crushed Can | video, checked |
A Bouncing Water Balloon | video |
Egg States | video, checked |
Experimenting with Dry Ice | video, free, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 1 | video, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 2 | video, checked |
Review Matter-1 | practice |
Review Matter-3 | practice |
NGSS

When water freezes into ice, its volume increases. What happens to its mass?
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It increases.
No. When water freezes, it takes up more space, but the mass stays the same. -
It stays the same.
Yes. When water freezes, it expands to take up more space, but its mass stays the same. Mass is the measure of how much "stuff" is there. Freezing water does not create new water or add more "stuff". It just makes the water take up more space. -
It decreases.
No. The mass stays the same, even when the water freezes. -
Water does not have mass.
No. Everything that is made out of matter has mass.
Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.
Florida
SC.4.P.8.3 Explore the Law of Conservation of Mass by demonstrating that the mass of a whole object is always the same as the sum of the masses of its parts.
The Difference Between Weight and Mass | video, checked |
Review Matter-2 | practice |
Review Matter-6 | practice |
SC.5.P.8.1 Compare and contrast the basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases, such as mass, volume, color, texture, and temperature.
>>> Teacher Page: States of Matter
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Raw Egg or Boiled? | video, checked |
Air Space | video |
A Bouncing Water Balloon | video |
Egg States | video, checked |
Experimenting with Dry Ice | video, free, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 1 | video, checked |
Wax and Wood, part 2 | video, checked |
Air has Weight | text page |
Teach It Right the First Time. | text page, free |
Review Matter-2 | practice |
Review Matter-1 | practice |
Review Matter-3 | practice |
Review Weather-10 | practice |
SC.8.P.9.1 Explore the Law of Conservation of Mass by demonstrating and concluding that mass is conserved when substances undergo physical and chemical changes.
Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
Review Matter-2 | practice |
Review Matter-6 | practice |
Utah
UT.5.I.1.b Compare the weight of a specified quantity of matter before and after it undergoes melting or freezing.
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Review Matter-2 | practice |
UT.7.I.2.a Use appropriate instruments to determine mass and volume of solids and liquids and record data.
Review Matter-2 | practice |
NGSS
5-PS1-2 Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Chemical and Physical Changes | video, ClosedCaptions, checked |
Making Butter | video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated |
The Difference Between Weight and Mass | video, checked |
Ice Cream Science | video, checked |
Air has Weight | text page |
Review Matter-2 | practice |
Review Matter-6 | practice |