a substance that has a definite shape and volume and tightly packed particles
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What is a liquid?
a substance that has a definite volume but no definite
shape and somewhat loose particles
100
What is a gas?
a substance without a definite volume or shape with very loosely packed particles
100
What is a physical change?
A change in some properties of matter without forming a different type of matter
200
Name 3 types of matter
Air, water, my desk, my shoes, a pen
200
Give three examples of a solid
Desk, chair, yourself, a pencil
200
Give three examples of liquid
Water, melted ice cream, oil
200
Give three examples of a gas
oxygen, carbon dioxide, helium
200
What is an example of a physical change?
Folding a piece of paper into a cup, cutting fabric into small squares, stretching a rubber band
300
What is volume?
The amount of space an object takes up
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What does all matter have?
mass
300
What causes a liquid to turn into a solid?
Cooling it until it freezes
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What would cause a liquid to turn into a gas?
Heating it until it boils
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How can we use graduated cylinders to measure the volume of a solid?
Measure the amount of water in a graduated cylinder, and then place the solid inside the cylinder. However much the water rises, that is the volume of the solid.