Physical Properties
Books have physical properties. Which of these are two physical properties of a school textbook?
A. Fuzzy and soft
B. Soft and sticky
C. Wet and rectangular
D. Hard and rectangular
Emma is studying the physical properties of a rock. She puts water in a graduated cylinder. Then she puts the rock into the graduated cylinder. Which of the following properties is Emma measuring?
A. Mass
B. Temperature
C. Texture
D. Volume
D. Volume
Compare what happens to water during melting and freezing.
When water melts, it goes from a solid to a liquid. When water freezes, it goes from a liquid to a solid.
________ is a measure of how warm something is.
Temperature
All of the things around you have physical properties. Which of the following is a physical property?
A. Age
B. Matter
C. Color
D. Speed
C. Color
The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. How is a solid different from a gas?
A solid has a definite volume. A gas does not have a definite volume.
The temperature outside is 62 degrees Fahrenheit, and 16 degrees celcius. What will happen to an ice cube if you put it outside?
It will change to a liquid
An object’s ________ is the amount of space it takes up.
Matter
What is a physical property of a door?
Hard, brown, big
Sally places objects in a balance. What is Sally most likely doing?
A. comparing the lengths of two objects
B. Comparing the masses of two objects
C. Comparing the hardness of two objects
D. Comparing the volumes of two objects
B.
If you place a popsicle outside in the sun, what state change will take place?
Solid to liquid
When liquid water becomes a gas, we call this process ___________.
Evaporation
What is a physical property of a paper clip?
Small, silver, smooth
Sasha has two bags of rocks from her rock collection. She wants to know the mass of the rocks in each bag. She has a pan scale.
Explain to Sasha how to find the masses of the rocks in each bag.
Place one rock on the scale, then use the weights to balance the scale and see how much mass it has.
A substance has definite volume but takes the shape of its container. A student heats up the substance. The substance expands, filling the container. Which change of state did the student most likely observe?
Liquid to a gas
____________ is the amount of matter an object has
Mass
True or False: Mass is measure in mililiters
False
Water changes state at difference temperatures. What temperature in Celsius does water boil
100 degrees Celsius
A ________ is matter that does not take up a definite amount of space and does not have a definite shape.
Gas