Matter
What is Matter?
Everything!
What is a property?
What something looks, smells, tastes, sounds, or feels like. What something is made out of.
What kind of property should running clothes have?
Stretchy
Absorbent
Opaque
Why are oven mitts not made out of metal?
Metal lets the heat through to your hand.
I am hard. You can hold me. I have a shape. Am I a solid, liquid, or gas?
Solid
The property that blocks out the sun and makes you NOT as hot is called?
Opaque
What property does an umbrella have?
Waterproof
What property popsicles and plastic toys have in common?
Meltable
I move like water. You can drink me if it's safe. I take the shape of whatever container you pour me in. Am I a solid, liquid, or gas?
Liquid
The property that doesn't let water go through and keeps you dry is called?
Waterproof
What is the property called that lets heat go through easily?
Example: metal
Conducting
Why was it easier to make plastic toys instead of wooden toys?
Plastic is meltable and doesn't need to be carved by hand like wood.
You can't always see me, but I am there. You can't hold or drink me. Am I a solid, liquid, or gas?
Gas
The property that holds heat and keeps your warm is called?
Heat-trapping
What is the property called when something changes from a solid to a liquid?
Example: Ice--->Water
Meltable
If it's really cold outside, you probably want to wear clothes that are?
heat-trapping
What is the property called that DOESN'T let heat go through easily?
Example: Oven Mitt
Insulating
What is the property called that absorbs or soaks up water?
Example: Cloth, Paper Towel
Absorbent
Scientists invent new materials so that they can?
invent things to solve problems.