Matter
This is anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
Matter in this state has a definite shape and definite volume.
What is a Solid?
A combination of substances in which the parts can still often be seen is called this.
What is a mixture?
Melting ice is this kind of change.
What is a physical change?
Color, mass, volume, and texture are examples of these.
What are properties of matter?
This invisible substance is matter because it takes up space in a balloon or syringe.
What is air?
Matter in this state keeps its volume but takes the shape of its container.
What is liquid?
Sugar water is an example of this kind of mixture.
What is a solution?
A change that forms a new substance is called this.
What is a Chemical Change?
This property tells how much matter is in an object.
What is mass?
This is the best evidence that air is matter: it has mass and takes up this.
What is space?
Matter in this state spreads out to fill its container.
What is a Gas?
In sugar water, the sugar is the dissolved substance called this.
What is the Solute?
A drop in temperature when two substances are mixed can be evidence of this kind of change.
A Chemical Change?
This property tells how much space an object takes up.
What is volume?
All matter is made of these tiny things that are too small to see with just our eyes.
What are particles?
When liquid water changes into ice at 32° F, this change of state happens
What is Freeezing?
In sugar water, the water is the substance that does the dissolving, called this.
What is a solvent?
Cutting paper, freezing water, and dissolving sugar are all examples of this kind of change.
What is Physical Change?
When a balloon is popped, the pieces should be most similar in this property.
What is color?
This tool would best show that the amount of matter in an object has stayed the same.
What is a balance or scale?
When liquid water changes into water vapor, this process happens.
What is Evaporation?
Sand in water is an example of this because the substances mostly separate.
What is a Mixture?
Steel wool changing after being placed in vinegar is most likely this kind of change.
What is a chemical change?
If two objects have the same set of important properties, they may be made of the same what?
What is the same substance or material?