Matter Vocabulary
Properties of Matter
Classifying Matter
Changes in Matter
Density
10

 Everything that has mass and takes up space

What is Matter

10

Freezing changes a substance from a _________ to a __________. 

 What is liquid, solid
10

What are the 3 states of matter 

What is solid, liquid, and gas 

10

Ice cubes changing into water is...?

What is Melting

10

Will a marshmallow sink or float? 

What is float

20

The amount of matter in something 

What is Mass 

20
Which of these is not a physical property? 


texture, color or flammability

What is flammability

20

Pancake syrup is in what state? 

What is liquid
20

What happens to the water in a boiling tea kettle? 

What is it turns into steam.

20

What property allows a boat to float?

What is Buoyancy 

30

Definite shape and size 

What is Solid 

30

True of False: Can solids be hard and soft? 

What is True

30

An ice cube is in what state of matter? 

What is a solid 
30

The process of changing from a gas to a liquid is called? 

What is condensation 

30

What causes a rock to sink? 

What is High density

40

Takes on the shape of the container it is in, but not the volume 

What is Liquid 

40
Explain how you could measure the volume of an oddly shaped object, like a toy car?

What is.... you could measure the level of water in a graduated cylinder and then place the object in the graduated cylinder and measure how much the water rises or displaces. 

40

Steam is in what state? 

What is a gas

40

The process of changing from a liquid to a gas is called? 

What is Evaporation 

40

True or False? Changing an object's shape can affect whether it will sink of float.

What is True: example: steel boats

50

Takes the shape and volume of the container it is in. 

What is Gas 

50

If a substance can dissolve in water, it has 

What is Solubility 

50

True or false: Honey is a liquid

What is True

50

Water can turn into a solid by what process? 

What is Freezing 

50

BONUS: What should you use to separate small iron fillings from a pile of sand?

What is a magnet .

For attracting the iron filings and leaving the sand behind. 

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