States of Matter
Science Words
Mixing & Solutions
Scientists
Challenge
100

This state of matter spreads out to completely fill a space.

What is gas?

100

The study of substances and how they interact.


What is chemistry?

100

To combine two or more things.

What is mix?

100

A scientist who studies substances.

What is a chemist?

100

Everything around you is made of this.

What is matter?

200

This state of matter takes the shape of its container.


What is liquid?


200

A material that has specific properties.


What is a substance?

200

A combination of two or more things.

What is a mixture?

200

To figure out the answer to a question or understand how something works.

What is investigate?

200

Scientists use a globe to study Earth because the real Earth is too big. What is the globe an example of?

What is a model?

300

This state of matter keeps its own shape.

What is solid?

300

What something is made of.


What is material?

300

When sugar is stirred into water, it seems to disappear. What science word describes what happened?

What is dissolve?

300

To pay close attention.

What is observe?

300

You can't see the tiny pieces that make up air or water without special equipment. What are these tiny pieces called?

What are particles?

400

Water can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. These are different ________.

 

What are states of matter?

400

A rock is hard. Water is clear. Wood floats. These are all examples of a(n) ________.

What is a property?

400

Sugar water is a special kind of mixture because the sugar has dissolved completely. What is this kind of mixture called?

What is a solution?

400

A scientist uses a scale to find how much an object weighs. What science word describes what the scientist is doing?

What is measure?

400

A balloon fills with this state of matter after vinegar and baking soda react.

What is gas?

500

A rock, a cloud, and the air in a balloon all have something in common. They all take up space and have weight. What science word describes all three?


What is matter?

500

A scientist finds an unknown white powder. She performs tests to figure out exactly what it is. What science word describes what she is doing?

What is identify?

500

A student has two cups of water. In one cup, sugar dissolves completely. In the other, sand settles to the bottom. Which cup contains a solution?

What is the cup with the sugar?

500

A student says, "Baking soda and vinegar make bubbles." She repeats the experiment several times and writes down what happens each time. What are the observations she writes down called?

What is evidence?

500

A puddle freezes into ice, then melts into water, and later evaporates into water vapor. Name the three states of matter shown in this example.

What are solid, liquid, and gas?