Vocabulary
Vocabulary Part 2
Describing Properties
Choosing Materials
Miscellaneous
100

What is matter?

Anything that has weight and takes up space.

100

What is weight?

How heavy an object is.

100

How would you describe the properties of a basketball?

Large, bumpy, orange, round, black

100

What material would you use to fill a swimming pool?

Water.

100

Give me an example of a liquid you would find at a grocery store.

Milk, water, soda, juice.

200

What are properties?

The traits or features of an object.

200

What is texture? 

How something feels.

200

How would you describe the properties of a crayon?

Skinny, long, smooth, 
200

What material(s) would you use to build a house?

Wood, brick, concrete, glass.

200

Give me an example of a solid you would find at a playground.

Slide, swings, jungle gym, climbing wall

300

What is a solid?

Matter that has its own size and shape.

300

What does magnetic mean?

An object that can be pushed or pulled by a magnet.

300

How would you describe the properties of a blanket?

Soft, fuzzy, large, small, rectangular, square

300

What material would you use to fill a birthday balloon?

Air (gas)

300

Give me an example of a gas you would find at a carnival/fair.

Balloons and inflatables.

400

What is a liquid?

Matter that does not have its own shape or size.

400

What is purpose?

The use of an object.

400

How would you describe the properties of a tree?

Rough, big, tall, green, brown

400

What material would you use to cool a glass of lemonade? 

Ice cubes.

400

Which of the following would change shape if Miss. Bush made lemonade?

Glass cup, lemon, water, Miss. Bush

Water. 

500

What is a gas?

Matter that does not have its own shape or size. It takes the shape of its container. 

500

What is a state of matter?

A form of matter: Solid, Liquid, Gas 

500

How would you describe the properties of soap?

Slippery, smooth, round, rectangular, hard

500

What are some ways you could use liquids and gases in the toy building kit?

You could use bubble wrap (gas) and glue (liquid).
500

Which of the following would NOT change shape?

Oxygen, soda, paperclip, coffee

Paperclip.

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