Observing Properties
This is the term used to describe a characteristic of a material, such as color or texture.
What is a property?
This tool is commonly used to measure the length of an object.
What is a meter stick?
A material that allows heat and electricity to pass through easily is called this.
What is a conductor?
The three main states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
This is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.
What is an atom?
No two materials have exactly the same set of these.
What are properties?
The unit of measurement used to measure liquid volume.
What are milliliters (mL)?
A material that does not allow electricity or heat to flow easily is called this.
What is an insulator?
Water in this state is known as ice.
What is solid?
Two or more atoms that are joined together in a particular way form this.
What is a molecule?
This is the property of a material that can be sensed by smell.
What is odor?
This tool measures the weight of an object.
What is a scale or balance?
A jacket that keeps your body heat inside is made of this type of material.
What is an insulator?
When water is heated and turns into steam, it is in this state.
What is gas?
Table salt is a compound made up of these two elements.
What are sodium and chlorine
A material’s ability to reflect light and its appearance fall under this property.
What is color?
These units are used to measure the weight of an object in the metric system.
What are grams or kilograms?
This property describes whether a material is attracted to magnets or not.
What is magnetism?
This state of matter has a definite volume AND a definite shape.
What is solid?
This is the idea that all matter is made of small particles called atoms.
What is atomic theory?
This property describes how a material feels to the touch, such as smooth, rough, or spongy.
What is texture?
This unit of measurement is often used in science for measuring temperature.
What is degrees Celsius?
Materials like wood and plastic are examples of this type of material that doesn’t conduct heat or electricity well.
What are insulators?
This state of matter has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.
What is liquid?
This particle is the smallest part of a compound that still retains the properties of that compound.
What is a molecule?