Properties of Matter
States of Matter
Atomic Theory
Measurement
Identify it!
100
Name two physical properties you can use to describe a material.
color, magnetism, mass, volume, etc.
100
What are the three states of matter?
solid, liquid, gas
100
Matter is made of tiny particles too small to see. What is the general name for these particles?
Atoms
100
What tool do you use to measure the mass of an object?
scale
100
A shiny, silver-colored spoon is being described. What physical property is being described?
color/appearance
200
What property measures how much matter is in an object?
mass
200
When a liquid becomes a gas because it is heated, what is that process called?
Evaporation
200
What two parts of an atom are found in the nucleus?
protons and neutrons
200
What unit is used to measure the volume of a liquid?
milliliters/liters
200
A student touches a piece of sandpaper and notices that it feels rough. What physical property is being
texture
300
What is matter?
something that takes up space and has mass
300
Describe how the particles in a solid look compared to those in a gas.
Solid particles are tightly packed, and gas particles move freely
300
What does this number represent?
300
What tool do you use to measure temperature?
thermometer
300
A student pours water into a graduated cylinder and finds that it takes up 50 milliliters. What physical property is being measured?
volume
400
What property tells you how much space an object takes up?
volume
400
What is the process called when a gas turns into a liquid?
Condensation
400
How many protons does oxygen have?
8
400
Which has more mass: a 5-gram rock or a 10-gram rock?
10-gram
400
You scratch two objects and one scratches more easily than the other. What property are you testing?
hardness
500
What is a physical property of matter?
observable and measurable characteristic of matter
500
Explain how temperature affects the movement of particles and give one example of a phase change caused by heating.
Higher temperature=particles; ice melts to liquid when heated
500
What is it called when two different elements are chemically bonded together?
Compound
500
A rock has a weighs of 50 grams and takes up 20 milliliters of space. What two physical properties were measured?
volume and mass
500
You have two cubes that are the same size, but one weighs more. What property could explain the difference?
density