States of Matter
Properties
Bath Bomb Investigations
Arguing in Science
Big Ideas
100

Which state of matter is the least dense?

Gas

100

What property is tested by seeing if the substance dissolves in a liquid?

Solubility

100

Which gases are potential candidates for the identity of the bath bomb gas?

Argon, nitrogen, carbon dioxide

100

To form a scientific argument, you need what 3 components?

A claim, evidence, and big ideas (key concepts)

100

All matter is made of _______

Particles

200

Which state of matter has a medium density in comparison with the other two?

Liquid

200

What property is tested by lighting the substance on fire?

Flammability

200

What 3 substances are required in bath bombs to generate a gas?

Citric acid, baking soda, and water

200

Let's say you have the question: "What possible gases could the bath bomb gas be?"

What would be a reasonable claim statement?

The bath bomb gas could be carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or argon

200

All matter takes up ______ and has mass

Space

300

Which state of matter is the most dense?

Solid

300

What property is defined as how tightly packed a substance is?

Density

300
What evidence did we gather that told us the gas produced from bath bombs has to be argon, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide?

Density tests (BB gas is denser than air) + flammability tests (BB gas isn't flammable) let us eliminate all other gases except those 3.

300

________ of substances can help us identify what they are/differentiate between substances

Properties

400

Which state of matter has particles that are moving faster than the other states?

Gas

400

An unknown solid dissolves in water. How does that help you figure out what substance it is?

Solubility is a property, so we can eliminate any substances that don't dissolve in water

400

When we tested an open system by putting bath bombs in water in a bottle, why did the mass decrease?

Gas is produced as part of the bath bomb mixing in water. In an open system, matter can escape, and since gas has mass, the overall mass decreased.

400

What is this argument missing?

The bath bomb gas could be argon, carbon dioxide, or nitrogen. Denser gases sink in less dense gases, so that's how we know.

Evidence to support the claim
400

In a closed system, matter cannot exit so what stays the same?

Mass

500

Which state of matter has the slowest moving particles?

Solid
500

An unknown gas is flammable. How could that help you determine what it is?

Because flammability is a property, so you could eliminate any nonflammable gases

500

How does the property, state of matter, help us to know that the gas produced by bath bombs is NOT originally in the bath bombs?

State of matter is a property. Since none of the starting ingredients in a BB are gases, that means the gas didn't originally exist in the bath bombs as a gas.

500

What is this argument missing?

The bath bomb gas could be argon, carbon dioxide, or nitrogen. When we investigated density, we found the BB gas is more dense than air. These 3 gases are also more dense than air.

Tying in a big idea to support the evidence

500

Denser gases ____ when placed in less dense gases

Sink

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