Matter Vocabulary
What do you call everything that has mass and takes up space?
Matter
What is the common name for the science word - mass?
weight
What do you need to melt an ice cube?
heat
What change happened when we mixed baking soda and vinegar?
It became a gas and blew up the balloon
When a solid changes into a liquid it is called _____.
Melting
What is the science word for weight?
mass
Does a gas have mass?
yes
What do you call the change from a solid to a liquid or from a liquid to a solid?
physical change or change in state
What is a synonym for an explosion - like during the diet coke and mentos experiment?
An Eruption
Can you undo a reversible change?
Yes
Name at 3 properties that we can use to describe matter.
shape size texture color has mass takes up space taste smell
What could you use to measure the length of a solid like a notebook?
A ruler
What do you call when you mix peanuts, raisins and M&M's together?
mixture
What did all the songs in the Butter Experiment have in common or was the same?
They all had the word SHAKE in them!
How are the molecules of a liquid?
close but not touching
What is a solid?
a thing that has its own shape
What unit do we measure weight in?
What happened when we mixed baking soda and vinegar?
it made a gas
What were the three ingredients to make butter?
Heavy Whipping Cream, a Container, and Energy
What is an example of a reversible change
Cut, Shape, or Size
What are the 3 states if matter?
Solid Liquid Gas
Which tool would you use to measure the mass of an object?
scale or pan balance
Some liquids are thicker than others. What do we call how thick a liquid is?
its density
What did we call the solid/liquid we created in the aquaponics lab with Ms. Porter?
Oobleck
Name one of the irreversible changes.
Rust, Cook or Burn
What is a gas?
Matter that takes up ALL open spaces
Milliliters measure which matter.
Liquid
What do you call the change that happened when the whipping cream turned yellow?
A chemical change
What was the liquid in Elephant toothpaste that I did not want students to touch?
Hydrogen Peroxide
When you leave an ice cube in the sunlight, it changes to a liquid. If you leave the liquid in the sunlight, it will turn into a gas. What is the science word for changing a liquid into a gas?
Evaporation