Matter Vocabulary
Classifying Matter
Changes in Matter
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Everyday Examples
Properties of Matter/Measuring
100
Matter takes up space and has this...
What is mass?
100
The three states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
100
When heat is applied to the ice cube what process will occur?
What is melting?
100
When heat is added to butter, it changes from _______ to ________.
What is solid to a liquid?
100
Crushing a can is an example of ______ change.
What is physical change?
100
Tool used to measure mass
What is a balance scale?
200
The amount of matter in something
What is mass?
200
Pancake syrup is in what state?
What is liquid?
200
What state is an item in, if the atoms are able to slide past each other, but do NOT expand to fill up the entire container?
What is liquid?
200
The type of change to a material that occurs but can be reversed.
What is a physical change?
200
Boiling water in a kettle causes the water to ______.
What is evaporate?
200
Mass is measured in ________.
What is grams?
300
This state of matter has both definite shape and volume.
What is solid?
300
The molecules in this state of matter are vibrating in place and tightly packed together.
What is a solid?
300
The process of particles losing heat and changing from a gas to a liquid is called?
What is condensation?
300
When a glass breaks, which type of change has occurred?
What is a physical change?
300
Oxygen is an example of this state of matter.
What is gas?
300
What is a gas used by plants during photosynthesis?
What is CO2, carbon dioxide?
400
Matter in this state has a definite volume but not a definite shape.
What is liquid?
400
Water vapor is in what state?
What is a gas?
400
The process of particles gaining heat and changing from a liquid to a gas is called?
What is evaporation?
400
When you combine gravel and sand in a bowl what science vocabulary word would we use to describe it?
What is a mixture?
400
The item most likely to be attracted to a magnet: penny, shirt, pillow, paperclip?
What is the paperclip?
400
This property is found using a thermometer.
What is a thermometer?
500
A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or a definite volume.
What is gas?
500
Water that falls below 32 degrees fahrenheit will be in this state.
What is solid?
500
Liquid water particles can lose heat and become solid by what process?
What is freezing?
500
Boiling water changes the water into what type of gas
What is water vapor?
500
Dreams are which state of matter?
What is this is a trick question? Dreams are not matter. Explain why dreams are not matter to get the points.
500
This property of matter allows some items to float and others to sink.
What is density?