Properties of Matter
This property tells how easy it is to scratch something.
What is hardness?
Scientists look at these to figure out what a mystery material
What are properties?
This state of matter has a shape of its own.
What is a solid?
All matter is made of these tiny pieces.
What are particles?
These are things you notice using your senses.
What are observations?
This property describes if something can dissolve in water.
What is solubility?
A material has this property if a magnet sticks to it.
What is magnetism?
This state of matter takes the shape of its container.
What is a liquid?
Particles in a solid move this way.
What is vibrating in place?
This is what you say when you explain something using evidence.
What is an explanation?
This property tells if electricity can pass through a material.
What is electrical conductivity?
These kinds of questions help you rule out materials in the Guess What? game.
What are yes or no questions?
This state of matter has the fastest-moving particles.
What is a gas?
Particles in a liquid move this way.
What is sliding past each other?
Scientists use this skill when they sort things into groups.
What is classifying?
Metals feel warm quickly because they have this property.
What is thermal conductivity?
Salt has this property because it dissolves in water.
What is solubility?
When a solid gets warm and turns into a liquid, this change happens.
What is melting?
Particles in a gas move this way.
What is moving fast and spreading out?
This is a pattern in properties that helps identify a material.
What is a property pattern?
When you describe something as a powder, crystal, or solid piece, you are talking about this property.
What is the color/form of the material?
If something does NOT let heat or electricity pass through, it is called this.
What is an insulator?
When a gas cools down and becomes a liquid.
What is condensation?
When something is heated, its particles move this way.
What is faster and farther apart?
This is what you do when you use clues and evidence to figure out what something is.
What is identifying matter?