Matter Vocabulary
Everything that has mass and takes up space
What is Matter
The 3 states of matter
What is solid, liquid, and gas
What type of change is ice cubes changing into water?
Physical
A combination of 2 or more substances that can easily be separated.
What is a Mixture
What are the basic building blocks of matter?
Atoms
The amount of matter in something
What is Mass
Pancake syrup is this state of matter.
What is liquid
A type of change that keeps its original properties.
What is a physical change?
Is lemonade a mixture or a solution?
Solution
What property describes if something floats or not?
Buoyancy
Definite shape, mass, and volume
What is Solid
An ice cube is in this state of matter.
What is a solid
What type of change is digesting food?
Chemical Change
True or False: Solutions create a new substance.
True
What does the conservation of matter tell us?
Matter is not created or destroyed in chemical changes.
Takes the shape of the container it is in
What is Liquid
Steam is in this state of matter.
What is a gas
Give an example of a physical change.
Various responses
Is cereal and milk a mixture or solution?
Mixture
How can you prove that gases have volume and mass?
Various responses
It's invisible!
What is a Gas
Which type of matter has atoms
a. tightly packed in a pattern?
b. spread out with lots of room to move?
c. close together but spaces between some of the atoms?
a. solid
b. gas
c. liquid
What is the difference between chemical and physical changes?
Chemical changes create new substances and physical changes keep the original properties
What do a mixture and solution have in common?
Combination of 2 or more things or not only food
What do a baseball, kool-aid, and fog have in common?
They are all matter!