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Matter Quiz Matter Quiz The purpose of this quiz is to assess the students' understanding mid-way through the chapter Rubric Code: CB297C By science2013 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Chemistry Type: Quiz Grade Levels: (none)

Matter Quiz Enter rubric description
	No Credit 0 pts	Poor 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Mastered 3 pts
#1 How are molecules, chemical bonds and atoms related to one another?	No Credit Student's answer is off topic.	Poor Student states a vague but true relationship between 2 of the 3 topics.	Developing Student states "chemical bonds hold a molecule together" or "atoms make up molecules" but the student does not state both. There is no attempt to connect the ideas.	Mastered Student states "chemical bonds hold atoms together in a molecule."
#2 What is the relationship between elements and atoms?	No Credit Student's answer is off topic.	Poor Student states a vague but true relationship between elements and atoms. i.e.-- "Everything in the world is made of elements and atoms"	Developing Student states atoms are the smallest units of matter or elements are substances that cannot be broken down. But, they do not make an attempt to connect the 2 ideas.	Mastered Student states "all elements are made of atoms of a specific type."
#3 What information do scientists use to recognize elements?	No Credit Student's answer is off topic.	Poor Student states a vague but true answer. "Scientists looks at things about the element."	Developing Student states they look a chemical and physical properties but does not give examples of each.	Mastered Student says, "scientists look at chemical and physical properties, such as...."
#4 Describe the basic structure of an atom.	No Credit Student's answer is off topic or completely wrong.	Poor Student says something vague that is technically true.	Developing Student states "the atom has 2 main parts-- the nucleus and the electron cloud. They do not go into detail about the parts.	Mastered Student states "the atom has 2 main parts-- the nucleus and the electron cloud. the nucleus is made of protons and neutrons and the electron cloud is made of electrons."
card	No Credit No index card is attached.	Poor index card is attached but did not total the words.	Developing index card is attached, totaled the words in the margin but has more or less than 42 words.	Mastered index card is attached, the student totaled up the words in the right margin and has exactly 42 words.