Matter
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Is color a physical or chemical property?
Physical
What state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume?
Solid.
What is mass a measure of?
The amount of matter in an object.
What is the unit for liquid volume?
Milliliters (mL) or liters (L)
Which of these is NOT matter: air, rock, heat, or water
Heat
Is flammability a physical or chemical property?
Chemical
What state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?
Liquid
What is weight a measure of?
The pull of gravity on an object’s mass.
What tool do we use to measure liquid volume in class?
Graduated cylinder.
Name two examples of matter you use every day.
What type of property is density?
Physical property.
What state of matter has neither definite shape nor definite volume?
Gas
Which changes if you go to the Moon: mass or weight?
Weight
What do we call the curved line of liquid in a graduated cylinder?
Meniscus.
What property describes how easily a substance can rust?
Chemical property (ability to rust).
Water in a glass takes the shape of the glass. Which state of matter is this?
Liquid
If an object has a mass of 5 kg, will that mass change on the Moon?
No, mass stays the same.
A box measures 2 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm. What is its volume?
24 cm³.
Why is light not considered matter?
It has no mass and does not take up space.
What is the difference between a physical property and a chemical property?
Physical = observed without changing the substance; Chemical = describes how a substance changes into something new.
Air spreads out to fill a balloon. Which state of matter is this?
Gas
Why does an astronaut weigh less on the Moon than on Earth?
The Moon has less gravity than Earth.
Which method is used to measure the volume of an irregular solid (like a rock)?
Water displacement.