Properties of Matter
If you describe a shell as feeling rough or bumpy, which property of matter are you talking about?
What is texture?
When an ice cube is left out in the warm sun, it turns into a liquid puddle. What is this process called?
What is melting?
Which season of the year usually has the coldest temperatures and the shortest daylight hours?
What is winter?
Large structures like houses or toy towers are made from many smaller ________.
What are pieces (or blocks/materials)?
Ms. Mack puts white rocks in one pile, red rocks in another, and black rocks in a third pile. Which property is she using to sort them?
What is color?
If you melt butter in a warm dish, how can you change it back into a solid?
What is cooling it down (or putting it in the fridge/freezer)?
Which season of the year gives us the warmest weather and the longest amount of daylight?
What is summer?
Why are rubber tires used on bicycles instead of wooden wheels?
What is because rubber is flexible and absorbs bumps better than wood?
A wooden pencil does not bend easily when you hold it. This means the pencil has low ________.
What is flexibility?
Boiling an egg in hot water changes it forever. This is an example of an ________ change.
What is an irreversible (or permanent) change?
As autumn (fall) moves toward winter, do daylight hours get longer or shorter each month?
What is shorter?
If you build a toy castle out of plastic bricks, what can you do with those exact same bricks after taking the castle apart?
What is build a new structure (like a car or boat)?
Both an inflatable pool boat and a party balloon stretch when filled with air. Which state of matter is filling them up?
What is a gas (or air)?
Dr. Chisolm wants to turn his cup of melted ice water back into solid ice cubes. Where should he put the cup?
What is the freezer?
If August has 13 hours of daylight, September has 12 hours, and October has 11 hours, about how many hours of daylight will November have?
What is 10 hours (or less than October)?
Why would glass be a bad material to use when making a playground slide?
What is because glass breaks easily / is dangerous / is not tough enough?
Ms. Nash is holding an object that is hard, smooth, and does not bend. Is she holding a leaf, a hat, or a wooden block?
What is a wooden block?
Why is melting chocolate a reversible change, but baking a cake batter is an irreversible change?
What is chocolate can be frozen back into solid chocolate, but a baked cake cannot turn back into liquid batter?
Why do shadows change length throughout the day from morning until afternoon?
What is because the sun's position in the sky changes?
A fixed set of 20 Lego bricks can only ever build one specific shape.
What is False (they can be rearranged into many different structures)?