Measuring Matter
Properties
States
Changes in Matter
Vocabulary
100

What do you use to most accurately measure mass?

What is a triple-beam balance balance

100
Anything about an object that can be observed or measured is called a ______________ _____________.
What is physical property.
100
What is matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape
Liquid
100
What is the temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid
.melting point
100
What is the change in state from a gas to a liquid?
Condensation
200

How do you measure the volume of a liquid?

What is a graduated cylinder to perform water displacement.

200
What type of property can be observed or measured without changing the kind of matter?
What is Physical property.
200
Particals move the fastest in this state of matter.
What is gas.
200
It goes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
What is the temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid?
Freezing point
300
How do you measure the volume of a rock?
What is Fill a graduate half full with water. Record the volume. Put the rock into the graduate. Record the new volume. Subtract to get the rock's volume.
300
Name 2 measurable and 2 non-measurable physical properties of matter.
Measurable mass, volume, density, or size Non-measurable color, smell, taste, or feel.
300
They vibrate back and forth in a very small space.
What are the particles in a solid.
300

The change that takes place when a new kind of matter is made. Usually, we would see a reaction.

What is Chemical change.

300
The amount of matter in a given space.
What is density?
400
How do you measure the volume of a solid that has straight lines?
What is Use a ruler to measure the length, width and height. Then use the formula length X width X height.
400
How can you compare the density of water with that of other kinds of matter?
What is If an object is less dense than water it will float. If it is more dense than water, it will sink.
400
These particles are not as far apart as those in a gas but are farther apart than the ones in a solid. What are they and how do they move?
What are the particles in a liquid. They move and slide over each other.
400

What is a way to change water vapor into a liquid?

Cool the air that the water vapor is in and it will change state back to a liquid.

400
The amount of space that matter takes up.
What is volume.
500

How can we test whether an object conducts or insulates electricity?

We can use the object in a circuit to see if the electricity will flow through it and complete the circuit.

500

Magnetic objects must always contains THIS material in them in order to be magnetic.

What is iron

500

What is the 4th state of matter?

Newtonian fluid or plasma is considered to be the 4th state of matter. It is between a solid and a liquid.

500

When something ___________ in water, the particles become so small that they are no longer visible to the human eye. 

dissolve

500

This word is used to describe allowing energy (electrical or thermal) to FLOW through an object. 

conductor / conductivity

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