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Vocabulary
Solids
Liquids
Gases
Measuring Matter
100
Everything in the universe that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
100
Matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space.
What is a solid?
100
They take the shape of their container.
What is the shape of a liquid?
100
They are not arranged in any pattern.
How are the particles in a gas arranged?
100
A pan balance.
What can be used to measure mass?
200
The amount of matter something contains.
What is mass?
200
Small bits of matter.
What are particles?
200
The particles stay close together but move past each other.
How do particles in a liquid move?
200
It has no definite shape.
What shape does a gas have?
200
Grams and kilograms.
What is mass measured in?
300
Matter that takes the shape of its container.
What is a liquid?
300
In a tight regular pattern.
How are the particles in a solid arranged?
300
They are arranged close together, but not in a neat arrangement.
How are particles in a liquid arranged?
300
Some particles cool and clump together to form tiny water drops.
What is mist?
300
A beaker or graduate.
What is used to measure volume?
400
The amount of space that matter takes up.
What is volume?
400
Each particle moves back and forth around one point.
How do particles in a solid move?
400
It turns from a solid to a liquid.
What happens when ice is heated?
400
The gas that is formed from water.
What is water vapor?
400
By dividing its mass by its volume.
How do you calculate the density of an object?
500
This property compares the amount of matter in an object to the amount of space it takes up.
What is density?
500
You can only see them with a microscope.
How can you see particles?
500
The container's walls keep the liquid from going outside its container.
Why does a liquid always have the shape of its container?
500
The amount of space inside its container.
What does the amount of space a gas takes up depend on?
500
Multiply the length by the width by the height.
How do you find the volume of an box?