Physical & Chemical
Vocabulary
Properties/States of Matter
Scientific Method
Miscellaneous
100

Name 2 acids

Coffee, Cola, Lemon, orange & tomato juice, Stomach acid, Vinegar

100

What science word means the amount of space an object takes up and is measured by length, width, and height?

Volume 

100

This determines an object's ability to sink or float

Density

100

What do you call a prediction or educated guess that can be tested about how an experiment turns out?

Hypothesis 

100

Which liquid is denser: maple syrup or olive oil? 

Maple syrup 

200

Name 2 bases 

Baking soda, Bleach, Drain/Oven cleaner, Hand soap 

200

What is a chemical reaction that releases heat called?

Exothermic 

200

This is anything with mass or volume

Matter

200

This is information or facts gathered during an experiment 

Data

200

Describe why a bowling ball sinks in water 

it's mass is GRATER than it's volume  

300

What type of change is a rotting banana? 

Chemical 

300

What is a chemical reaction that releases cold called? 

Endothermic 

300

Magnetism is what kind of property of matter?

Physical 

300

This is the careful watching of something using the 5 senses 

Observations

300

What did our ziplock baggies fill up with when we did the vinegar/baking soda experiment? 

Gas - CO2

400

What type of change is shredding paper?

Physical 

400

What system do chemists use to organize the elements?

Periodic Table

400

How do you describe a solid? 

Definite shape and size 

400

These are things that can change or affect the outcome of an experiment 

Variables 

400

Who is the famous scientist who said E = Mc^2? 

Albert Einstein 

500

What kind of change is happening when matter’s shape is changed but not its structure, and it can change back.

Physical

500

What is the basic unit of all matter called? 

Atom

500

Name all of the properties of matter 

Mass, volume, weight, and density 

500

Name all 5 steps of the scientific method 

1. observations 2. hypothesis 3. experiment 4. data 5. conclusions 

500

How many numbers are on the pH scale? 

14

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