Marvelous Matter
Skilled Scientists
Pertinent Potpourri
Glorious Gases
Dynamite Density
100

This state of matter gives atoms the greatest freedom of movement.

Gaseous

100

This French scientist developed the first calculator to assist his father who was a tax collector.

Blaise Pascal

100

A property of steel which pizza dough does not possess is this:

Elasticity

100

When air is heated, this happens.

It rises

100

If D=M/V, define D, M and V.

Denisty=Mass/Volume

200

Name the three forms of water.

Steam, water, ice

200

We can thank this scientist for helping to give airplanes the lift they need to fly.

Daniel Bernoulli

200

This amazing scientist, known as the Father of Chemistry, founded the Royal Society.

Sir Robert Boyle

200

When comparing the gaseous form of an element to its solid form, this is the state in which atoms move the most rapidly.

Gaseous

200

Of the oil or vinegar portion of a salad dressing, this is the part that is floating on top.

oil

300

Storing water in tall water tanks, offers this advantage over placing the tanks directly on the ground.

Higher rate of pressure

300

Although he knew Isaac Newton, they were not close friends.  His best scientific work had an artistic flair.

Sir Robert Hooke

300

This ancient Greek scientist discovered a property that explains why objects float while in the bathtub.

Archimedes

300

If you fill a balloon with a gas that has a density much greater than air, this will happen when you release the balloon.

It will fall to the floor.

300

If the density of honey is 1.5 gm/mL and the volume of your sample of honey is 2 mL, this must be the mass of the honey

3.0 gm

400

This property of a substance is related to its ability to regain its shape when it has been disturbed.

Elasticity

400

This English chemist said, "nothing on mere authority."  He believed scientists should test their theories experimentally and share the data with one another.

Sir Robert Boyle

400

When air passes quickly over an object, this happens to the air pressure.

It decreases

400

The pressure of a gas is related to these two other important physical properties (in the Ideal Gas Law).

Temperature and Volume

400

Find the density of an unknown liquid whose mass is 30 gm and whose volume is 10 mL.

3 gm/mL

500

This state of matter is always the lightest form.

Gas

500

Bet on God, was this scientist's belief.  It is a good wager!

Blaise Pascal
500

A rubber band is elastic not because it stretches, but because it does this.

Regains its shape

500

When you can smell the pizza sitting on the front seat of the van from all the way in the back, this is an example of ____________________.

Diffusion

500

If you have 10 mL of substance A and 10 mL of substance B and A weighs twice as much as B, this one has the greater denisty.

Substance A
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