Measuring Matter
What do you use to measure mass?
Triple beam balance or digital scale
What unit is used when measuring temperature?
Celsius and Fahrenheit
What is matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape
Liquid
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
If an object is more dense than water then it will _____, and if an object is less dense than water it will_____.
sink; float
How do you measure the volume of a liquid?
Graduated cylinder
What types of metals are magnetic?
SINC
steel, iron, nickel, cobalt
What state of matter has a fixed shape and fixed volume?
A solid
What type of energy is needed to change sates of matter?
Thermal energy
Explain what attract and repel means
(magnetism)
Opposites sides attract or connect together, and same sides repel or push away from each other.
How do you measure the volume of a irregular shape?
Fill a graduate half full with water. Record the volume. Put the object into the graduate. Record the new volume. Subtract to get the object's volume.
Water Displacement
List these objects in order from least mass to greatest mass.
Train, a book, a boy, and eye glasses
Eye glasses, a book, a boy, and a train
They vibrate back and forth in a very small space.
The particles in a solid.
Give an example for each state of matter...
EX: Ice, water, water vapor
(Up to teacher to decide if answer is correct)
The amount of matter in an object
Mass
A triple beam balance is being used to measure the mass of an object. The riders are pointing at 300, 20, and 8.4 What is the total volume of the object?
328.4 grams
Physical properties of matter are characteristics of matter that can be _________, _________, or __________.
tested, measured, observed
What state of matter has no definite shape, can take the shape of it's container, does not have a fixed volume, and moves and changes?
A gas
If thermal energy is added to water it will become....
Water vapor