States of Matter and Phase Changes
Science Tools and Measurements
L.O.C.O.M.
Physical and Chemical Properties/Changes
Observations and Variables
100

Name the 3 states of matter.

What are solid, liquid, and gas?

100

The tool we use to measure length.

A ruler or meter-stick?

100

________ = Final Mass

What is initial mass?

100

Property that describes what an object feels like.

What is texture?

100

Observations based on using your senses.

What are qualitative observations?

200

Changing from a gas to a liquid.

What is condensation?

200

The tool we use to measure temperature.

What is a thermometer?

200

Mass is neither ______  or ______.


What is created or destroyed?

200

Flammability is an example of a ______ property.

What is a chemical property?

200

Observations based on numbers and data.

What are quantitative observations?

300

When a solid changes into a liquid, thermal energy is _______.

What is added or increased?

300

We use a ______to measure volume.

What is a graduated cylinder?

300

According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, before the physical change there were 20 particles. After the change there are _____ particles.

What is 20 particles?

300

The property of matter that describes how shiny the substance looks.

What is luster?

300

The variable that stays the same in the experiment.

What is a constant variable?

400

This state of matter has no definite shape and no definite volume.

What is a gas?

400

The metric unit we would use to measure the distance from New York to California.

What is kilometers or km?

400

15 g of sugar is mixed with 40 g of water. The mass of the sugar water after the ingredients are combined is ______ g.

What is 55 g of sugar water?

400

Cutting paper into smaller pieces of paper is an example of a _______ change.

What is a physical change?

400

The variable in the experiment that the scientist changes.  

What is the independent variable?

500

Anything that takes up space (volume) and has mass.

What is matter?

500

The amount of matter in an object.

What is mass?

500

Magnesium (48g)   +   Oxygen (?g) --------> Magnesium Oxide (98g)

                 

What is 50 g of Oxygen?

500

When a reaction occurs and a new substance is created.

What is a chemical change?

500

The variable that is influenced by the independent variable and is the result of the experiment.

What is the dependent variable?

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