Matter
Mass
Weight
Vocabulary
True or False
100
Where is matter?
everywhere
100

What unit 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 measure the mass of an object?

triple-beam balance

200

what instrument is used to measure weight? 

spring scale

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

If you freeze matter, does it have the same amount of matter?

yes

300

What has more mass? Brick or sponge? Explain.

Same volume. The brick has more mass

300

What unit is weight measured in?

pounds

300
measure of the gravitational force on an object
weight
300

density is the ratio of mass and pressure

false- mass and volume

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, ping pong ball; basketball,bowling ball;.. 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

instrument that compares an object's mass to known standards of mass

triple-beam balance

400
Mass is given in grams.
true
500

Is a sound traveling through air matter? Explain.

No, because it doesn't have matter and doesn't take up space.

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 spring scale means greater weight.

stretch

500

Method used to measure the volume of an irregularly-shaped solid

water displacement

500

The weight of a dog on the moon is about 1/6 of its weight on Earth.

true

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