States of Matter
What are the three main states of matter?
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
What is mass measured in?
What are grams or kilograms?
What is viscosity?
How thick or sticky a liquid is; how slowly it flows.
Do particles in a solid move?
Yes, they vibrate in place.
What is buoyancy?
The ability of something to float in a liquid or gas.
Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
What is a solid?
What is volume?
The amount of space something takes up.
What is density?
How much mass is in a certain volume.
In which state do particles move around the most?
Gas
What force pushes up on objects in water to make them float?
What is buoyant force?
Which state of matter takes the shape of its container but has a definite volume?
What is a liquid?
What is the unit of volume?
What is milliliters (mL) or liters (L).
What happens if an object is less dense than water?
It floats.
What happens to particles when a solid melts?
They move faster and spread out.
What happens to an object’s buoyancy if it fills with water and becomes heavier? what happened to its buoyancy?
It will sink or have less buoyancy.
Name one state of matter other than solid, liquid, or gas.
What is plasma?
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Mass is the amount of matter; weight is the force of gravity on an object.
What happens to the viscosity of honey when it is heated?
It decreases (it flows more easily).
Particle theory says particles are always moving, but the amount of movement depends on this.
What is temperature?
A boat floats because it pushes down on water and the water pushes back up. What is this principle called?
it is name after famous scientist?
What is Archimedes’ principle?
What do we call it when a solid turns directly into a gas?
What is sublimation?
Which changes depending on where you are in the universe, mass or weight?
What is weight?
This type of fluid, like ketchup, changes how it flows when you squeeze or shake it.
What is a non-Newtonian fluid?
When particles lose energy, they slow down and get closer together. What is this process called?
What is condensation (or freezing if it becomes solid)?
If a metal block sinks in water but floats in mercury, what does this tell you about the densities of the block, water, and mercury?
The block is denser than water but less dense than mercury.