Ecosystems
Properties of Matter
Changes in Matter
Vocabulary
100

This organism makes its own food using sunlight.

producer

100

This state of matter has tightly packed particles that keep their shape.

Solid

100

What tool or method could you use to separate sand from water?

Use a filter
100

What property of matter is measured in meters?

Length

200

What type of consumer only eats plants/producers?

Herbivores

200

In what state of matter do particles float around freely, completely spread out?

Gas

200

Is evaporation a physical or chemical change?

Physical

200

What property of matter is measured in degrees Celsius or Farenheit?

Temperature

300

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

Omnivore

300

When water is heated, what happens to the particles in the liquid?

They speed up/move faster

300

Is rust forming on nails a physical or chemical change?

Chemical

300

What property of matter is measured in grams?

Mass/weight

400

If there are less rabbits in an ecosystem, what will happen to the fox population?

Decrease (have less food)

400

Fill one balloon with water. Fill another with gas. What would happen if you open both?

The liquid would spill out (or stay if you hold it upright). The gas would float out as soon as the balloon is opened.

400

Is saltwater a mixture or solution? Explain why.

Solution because the salt dissolves and spreads out evenly throughout the water.

400

What property of matter is measured in milliliters?

Volume

500

If all producers disappear from an ecosystem, what would eventually happen to all the consumers?

They'd die or leave.
500

Water (H2O) is an example of this because it is made of more than one element chemically combined.

Compound (I'll also accept molecule)

500

Two equal blocks of clay have the same mass. One is reshaped into a bowl. Both are weighed again. Would they have the same mass or different mass? Why?

Same because of the law of conservation of matter.

500

What is conductivity?

How well heat or electricity moves through a substance.

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