Matter Matters
The three most common states of matter
Solid, Liquid, Gas
TRUE OR FALSE: Your mass is the same on Earth as it would be on the Moon.
True! Your mass (the amount of matter that makes up your body) does not change, but your weight would.
Solid to a Liquid
Melting
Properties of a gas (4)
- No fixed shape or volume
- Expand to fill container
- Particles are far apart and move any direction
- Can be compressed
Nitrogen
The boiling point of water to change into a gas
100 Degrees Celsius
The amount of matter in an object
Mass
Gas to a Liquid
Condensation
Properties of Liquid (4)
- Particles glide past each other easily
- Do not have a fixed shape
- Have a fixed volume
- Difficult to compress
What is one way you can use compressed liquids?
Brakes for a car
Matter is everything that has _____ and takes up __________.
Mass & Space
The amount of space an object takes up, measured in mL, L, or cm3
Volume
Liquid to a Solid
Freezing
Properties of Solids (4)
- Can't be poured
- Hold their shape
- Difficult to compress
- Particles are tightly packed together
An example of something positively, neutrally, and negatively buoyant
(answers vary)
True or False: Particles in matter are drawn towards one another
True
How tightly packed the particles in an object are
Density
Liquid to a Gas
Evaporation
TRUE OR FALSE: There are different kinds of particles, but all particles of one object are identical.
TRUE
Magma
Name something that is NOT matter
Dreams, time, feelings/emotions, ideas, etc.
Which is more dense and WHY: a bowling ball or a watermelon?
Bowling ball, because the particles are packed more tightly together. A bowling ball would not float, but a watermelon would.
The only way to change a solid to a liquid
The particles of which state of matter move the fastest?
Gases
What weighs more, a balloon with only carbon dioxide or a balloon filled with your breath?
C02