Misc.
What is a mixture?
Objects mixed together that can be separated.
What are the properties of solids?
Definite shape, volume, mass, and texture
color
What is the best property to sort checkers pieces?
color
What are the properties of liquids
Definite volume and mass
Takes the shape of its container
color
What state of matter is Mountain Dew? How do you know?
LIQUID.
It take the shape of its container
At the beach, what can you use a shifter to separate?
Sand and shells
What are the properties of a gas?
Definite mass
No definite shape or volume
no color
What state of matter has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space.
SOLID
How do you know if one magnet is stronger than the other?
One will pick up more pieces of metal than the other.
Define texture and give examples.
Which state of matter has texture?
Texture describes how a solid object feels when you touch it.
rough, smooth, bumpy, jagged
What state of matter takes the shape of its container and takes up a definite amount of space?
LIQUID
In order for a solid, liquid, or gas to change to another state of matter, what has to happen?
a change in temperature.
What property does only solids have?
Definite shape
What state of matter has no definite shape and takes up no definite amount of space?
GAS