properties of matter

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4th Grade

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MS-PS1-4, 2-PS1-1, MS-PS1-5

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Ardis Laville

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What is Matter?

Anything made of particles.
It has mass and volume (takes up space).
Matter can be in the form of a solid, liquid, or gas.

Multiple Choice

What is matter?

Everything

Nothing

Nothing you can see

Just liquids

Physical Properties

Can be observed with one or more of your 5 senses.
Can be observed without changing what the object is made of.

Multiple Choice

Physical Properties

Can't be observed unless you change what they are made of.

Can only be observed under a microscope

describe the appearance of something.

Can only be done in science.

Multiple Choice

What are the 3 forms of matter?

solid, liquid, soil

solid, liquid, gas

Earth, Wind, Fire

Fire, Water, Soil

Texture

How a substance looks and feels
Coarse = rough
Fine = smooth
Other words to describe texture: soft, hard bumpy

Temperature

The measure of kinetic energy.

When the particles of heated up, they move quicker and temperature rises.

When the particles are cooled down, they move slower and the temperature decreases.

Multiple Choice

What is texture?

How something looks

How something tastes.

The sound something makes

How something feels

Volume

The amount of space an object takes up.
Measured in cubic centimeters

Mass

How much matter is in an object

Measured in g or kg.

Multiple Choice

What does volume measure?

mass

the size of something

how much space something takes up.

the speed something goes

Multiple Choice

The ability of sugar to dissolve in water is called

malleability

Density

State

solubility

Multiple Choice

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Matter

weight

volume

mass

Multiple Choice

The blue ball has ________ mass than the red one.

less

Multiple Choice

Mass, relative density, solubility, color, texture, state of matter, conductivity, etc.

Physical state

Insulators

Physical Properties

Inferences

Multiple Choice

Which process changes a gas to a liquid?

freezing

evaporation

melting

condensation

Multiple Choice

Molecules in a ________ have definite shape and definite volume.

solid

liquid

gas

neither

Multiple Choice

Molecules in a _____ have definite volume and no shape(they take the shape of their container).

solid

liquid

gas

neither

Density

The ratio of mass to volume.
Measures how packed the particles are in matter.

Multiple Choice

What does density measure?

Nothing

How much volume something has

how packed particles are in a substance.

the temperature of an object.

Multiple Choice

Which properties are physical properties?

mass

volume

density

all of these

Multiple Choice

If an ice cube is left out in room it will change from one state of matter to another. Which is the correct order of State of Matter that the ice cube will go through?

Gas, Solid, Liquid

Liquid, Solid, Gas

Liquid, Gas, Solid

Solid, Liquid, Gas

Multiple Choice

A substance that resists change and holds it's shape.

liquid
liquid

solid

water

clouds

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of matter?

sun

air

snow

thoughts

Multiple Choice

Which box has a higher density?

Box A

Box B

cannot be determined

they are the same

Multiple Choice

What is water in a gas form called?

Water vapor

Ice

liquid water

Kool-aid

Multiple Choice

What is the state of matter that has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

Multiple Choice

Students sorted crayons into groups of red, blue and yellow. Which property did they use to sort them?

texture

color

shape

mass

Multiple Choice

How tightly the particles are packed together in an object

reflection

density

hardness

physical change

Multiple Choice

Objects less dense than water will _____.

float

sink

neither

Multiple Choice

Objects that are more dense than water will ______.

sink

float

neither

What is Matter?

Anything made of particles.
It has mass and volume (takes up space).
Matter can be in the form of a solid, liquid, or gas.

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