Matter Vocabulary
Everything that has mass and takes up space
Matter
Definition: properties of matter that can be observed or measured
Physical Properties
What are the 3 states of matter
solid, liquid, and gas
melting butter
What type of change is it?
reversible
The particles are freely flowing and not touching.
What state of matter is being described?
gas
The amount of matter in something
Mass
square, round, circle, triangle, cubed
What physical property is being described?
shape
Pancake syrup is in what state?
liquid
burning wood
What type of change is it?
irreversible
The particles are packed tightly together and touching.
What state of matter is being described?
solid
Definite shape and size
Solid
rough, bumpy, smooth, gooey
What physical property is being decribed?
texture
An ice cube is in what state of matter?
solid
If I bake a cake, what type of change is it?
irreversible
The particles are touching but not packed together. There is some space between them.
What state of matter is being described?
liquid
Takes the shape of the container it is in
Liquid
easily broken, very flexible
What physical property is being described?
hardness
Steam is in what state?
gas
Name an example of a reversible change.
Answers vary.
-anything that can return to its original substance
What happens when water is heated?
It boils.
Takes the shape and volume of the container it is in.
Gas
You observe Physical Properties with what five senses?
Sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste
Think of a glass of soda the bubbles are an example of what state of matter?
gas
Name an example of an irreversible change?
ANSWERS VARY but ...
anything that cannot be returned to its original substance
When water freezes, it changes from
liquid to a solid