Matter
Mass
Weight
Vocabulary
True or False
100

What takes more energy, melting or boiling?

Boiling

100
What is mass measured in?
grams
100
Does an object's weight change depending on the object's location? Explain.
yes, because of the gravitational pull
100
anything that has mass and takes up space
matter
100
Air is matter.
true
200

What are three states of matter?

solid, liquid, gas

200
How do you figure out the mass of an object?
triple-beam balance
200

How is weight measured?

spring scale

200
amount of matter in an object
mass
200
Light and sound are matter.
false
300

A substance turns from a liquid to a gas at its

Boiling point

300
What has more mass? Brick or sponge? Explain.
The brick because it has more mass
300

What is weight measured in?

Newtons

300
measure of the gravitational force on an object
weight
300
Weight is measured by a triple-beam balance.
false
400

How can you tell if something is matter?

If it takes up space and has mass

400

Give an example of two of the same size objects that have different masses.

golf ball, tennis ball; basketball, volleyball; non blown-up balloon, blown up balloon... etc.

400
The greater that the mass of an object is, the greater the gravitational pull on the object will be and the greater the object's ________ will be.
weight
400
compares an object's mass to known standards of mass
triple-beam balance
400
Mass is given in grams.
true
500

If two objects have the same shape and size, will they have the same volume?  

Yes

500
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Mass is the measure of matter in an object and weight is the gravitational pull on an object
500
The greater _______ on the scale means greater weight.
stretch
500
measures the force between the mass in the pan and Earth
spring scale
500
The weight of a dog on the moon is about 1/8 of its weight on Earth.
false; 1/6
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