Physical Properties
What is the name of the property that describes how much space something takes up?
What is volume?
What state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume?
What is a solid?
A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined is called this.
What is a mixture?
A solution is a special type of mixture where one substance dissolves completely in another. What do we call the substance that dissolves?
What is the solute?
If a piece of metal feels cold to the touch, which physical property are we describing?
What is temperature?
A gas does NOT have a definite shape or definite volume. What does it do instead?
What fills the entire container it is in?
In a mixture of sand and water, which substance is easier to separate out?
What is sand?
In a cup of sugar water, which is the solvent?
What is water?
A solid object that is hard and does not bend easily has which physical property?
What is hardness?
Which state of matter has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container?
What is a liquid?
What do we call a mixture where you can see the different parts mixed together, like a salad?
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
When you stir sugar into hot water and it disappears, what has happened to the sugar?
What is dissolved?
The amount of matter in an object is called this.
What is mass?
When a liquid changes into a gas, what is this process called?
What is evaporation?
If you mix salt and pepper together, can you still see both the salt and the pepper?
What is yes?
Why does sugar dissolve faster in hot water than in cold water?
What is because heat gives the particles more energy to move around?
Which physical property describes whether something will float or sink in water?
What is density?
When a gas changes directly into a solid without becoming a liquid first, what is this called?
What is deposition?
Name one method you could use to separate a mixture of iron filings and sand.
What is using a magnet? (Accept: filtering, or other separation methods)
The greatest science teacher in all the land.
Who is Mrs. Hahn