Classification
Tools/Units
Density Calculations
Vocabulary
Scenarios
100

What physical property would you use to classify the following items: Sugar, Koolaid mix, sand, salt, lemonade powder, oil

What is solubility?

100

The unit and tool do you use to measure mass

What are grams/kilograms and scale/triple beam balance?

100

The formula for calculating density

What is mass/volume?

100

A physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, resulting in attractive and repulsive forces between object.

What is Magnetism?

100

Ms. Martin wants to boil water to cook pasta for her kids. What is the boiling point for water?

What is 100 degrees Celsius?

200

What physical property would you use to classify the following items that sink/float in a tub of water:
rock, pencil, cork, eraser, paperclip

What is density?

200

Tool and unit used to measure freezing and boiling point

What is a thermometer in degrees Celsius?

200

What is the density of a cube of sugar with mass of 16 grams and volume of 8cm3? 

What is 2 g/cm3?

200

The amount of matter in an object

What is mass?

200

Ms. Tschinkel isn't feeling very well and would like to make tea to soothe her throat. She makes tea with cold water, but the sugar doesn't seem to dissolve when she stirs it. What could Ms. Tschinkel do to make the sugar dissolve faster? 

What is heat up the tea to make the sugar dissolve faster.

300

What physical property would you use to classify the following objects: copper, steel, aluminum, glass, wood, cloth, rubber

What is electrical conductivity?

300

Two units used to measure density

What are g/mL  and g/cm3?

*liquids- mL or L

*solids- cm, m, or km

300

A bottle of water has a volume of 500 mL and a mass of 2500 g. What is the density?

What is 5 g/mL?

300

The amount of space that matter occupies

What is volume?

300

Ms. Martin wants to display her children's work on her refrigerator, but the magnet doesn't seem to stick. Name a metal that the refrigerator could NOT be made out of. 

What is iron or steel?

400

What physical property would you use to classify the following items: copper penny, steel paperclip, iron nail, aluminum can

What is magnetism?

400

Tools used measure liquid volume

What is a graduated cylinder, beaker, or flask?

400

A wooden block has a volume of 100 cm3 and a density of 18 g/ cm3. What is the mass?

What is 1,800 g?

400

The ability of heat or electricity to flow through an object

What is thermal/electrical conductivity?

400

Mrs. Ryan found a mystery substance in a container found in the cabinet under her classroom sink. The only label on the container said 

Volume = 0.1245g/cm3 Can the mystery substance be classified as a liquid, solid, or gas? 

What is a solid? The volume of a solid is measured in cubic centimeters. 

500

These TWO physical properties are dependent on the size of the object

What is mass and volume?

500

To calculate the volume of an irregular solid such a marble, you should...

What is find subtracting the beginning volume from the ending volume to find the amount of water displacement?

500

A block of wood has a total density of 500 g/cm3  and a mass of 5000 g. What is the volume of the block of wood? 

What is 10 cm3 ?

500

The measurement of how much mass a substance contains in a given volume

What is density?

500

Ms. Ryan wants to investigate a mystery substance that was found in a cabinet under her sink. What are the five physical properties can she use to classify the substance that do NOT depend on the size of the sample substance?

What are solubility, density, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and magnetism?

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