Famous People
Vocabulary
Properties of Matter
Physical or Chemical?
Colloids
200

He is responsible for the 94 naturally occurring elements

God

200

The invisible 'skin' formed when water molecules stick together

Surface tension

200

The amount of space something takes up

Volume

200

Water turns to ice

Physical

200

Order these by particle size from smallest to largest: suspension, solution, colloid

Solution, Colloid, Suspension

400

A beam of light shined into a colloid can be seen easily. What scientist is this effect name after? 

Tyndall

400

The part of the solution that does the dissolving.

Solvent

400

How much mass is in a certain volume of water

Density

400

I cut out a paper snowflake

Physical reaction

400

A gas mixed in a liquid where the liquid is the main ingredient, like whipped cream.

Foam

600
He measured volume using water.

Archimedes

600

Electrons in the outer shell of an atom.

Valence electrons

600
Something's ability to float

Buoyancy

600

Silver jewelry tarnishes over time

Chemical
600

A liquid mixed in a gas, like hairspray

Aerosol

800

He discovered the law of viscosity

Isaac Newton

800

This word describes elements made by man

Synthetic

800

How bendable something is

Plasticity or malleability

800

I break a glass bottle

Physical
800

Solid particles mixed in liquid, like pudding

Gel

1000

He took pictures of snowflakes on velvet.

Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley

1000

An atom that has gained electrons

Anion

1000
Whether or not something can be made into a wire

Ductility

1000

Milk turns sour

Chemical

1000

Droplets of liquid mixed with another liquid, like mayonnaise.

Emulsion