Properties of Matter
States of Matter
Light Energy
Sound Energy
Energy
100
Examples of this property are smooth and rough.
What is texture?
100
This state of matter has tight molecules and keeps it's shape
What is a solid?
100
Light travels in this kind of line.
What is straight?
100
This tool is used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
This type of animal hunts for the (living) food it eats.
What is a predator?
200
Classifying things by red, yellow, green, are examples of what property of matter?
What is color?
200
This occurs when a solid turns into a liquid.
What is melting?
200
Taking in of light by a material.
What is absorption ?
200
This is the energy of moving particles in matter.
What is thermal energy?
200
This adaptation allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of living thing that is harmful.
What is mimicry?
300
Examples of this property of matter would include round, square, cone,
What is shape?
300
This causes water to gather on the outside of a glass of a cold liquid as well as dew on the grass.
What is condensation?
300
Bouncing of light off of a smooth and shiny surface.
What is reflection?
300
This is any material that does not allow heat to pass through it easily. Examples include wood, paper, and rubber.
What is an insulator?
300
This is the name given to all plants that trap and digest insects.
What is a carnivorous plant?
400
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
400
This state of matter takes the shape of it's container and the volume stays the same.
What is a liiquid?
400
The bending of light as it travels from one matter to another.
What is refraction?
400
These are three of the ways heat can be produced.
What are friction, electricity, mixing certain types of matter, and burning fuels?
400
This is decayed material from once-living things that is used to enrich soil. Examples include grass clippings, fruit and vegetable scraps, and egg shells.
What is compost?
500
The amount of space that matter takes up.
What is volume
500
This state of matter has fast moving spaced out particles. It fills up it's container's space.
What is a gas?
500
Travels in all directions from the source.
What is light?
500
This is the way in which heat moves through liquids and gases.
What is convection?
500
This type of farming helps preserve ecosystems.
What is green agriculture?