Matter Basics
What is anything that has mass and takes up space?
Matter
Is cutting wood in half a physical or a chemical change?
Physical Change
What state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume?
solid
Which sphere includes all living things?
Biosphere
What is water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail called?
Precipitation
What is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element?
Atom
Is burning a piece of toast a physical or chemical change?
Chemical Change
What is the change from a solid directly into a gas?
sublimation
Which sphere includes all of earth's water?
Hydrosphere
What is the process in which liquid water changes into water vapor?
Evaporation
What is the amount of space an object takes up?
Volume
Is salt water a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture?
Homogeneous
What is the change from a gas directly into a solid?
Deposition
Which sphere includes rocks, soil, and earth's land?
Geosphere
What is the process in which water vapor changes into liquid water?
Condensation
What is the amount of matter in a certain volume of a substance?
density
Is a bowl of trail mix a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture?
Heterogeneous
According to Boyle's Law, what happens to the volume of a gas when pressure increases?
Volume decreases
A dog running across the sand and into the ocean would be which spheres interacting?
Biosphere - dog
Geosphere - sand
Hydrosphere - ocean
What is water moving across earth's surface into streams, rivers, and lakes called?
runoff
What is the equation for calculating density?
Mass divided by volume
What property describes how easily a liquid flows?
Viscosity
According to Charles' Law, what happens to the volume of a gas when temperature increases?
Volume increases
A plant takes in water from the soil and releases water vapor into the atmosphere. Which of the spheres are interacting?
Plant = biosphere
soil = geosphere
water = hydrosphere
atmosphere
What is the process in which water soaks into the ground?
infiltration