Matter Vocabulary
Properties of Matter
Classifying Matter
Changes in Matter
Mixtures
100

 Everything that has mass and takes up space

What is Matter

100

Mrs. Fisher likes iced coffee while Miss Bradley likes HOT coffee. If we both use the same amount of coffee and sugar but realized Mrs. Fisher still had sugar in her cup after stirring. Why is there sugar left in her cup?

Iced coffee = lower temperature, dissolves slower

HOT Coffee = dissolves sugar faster

100

The 3 states of matter 

What is solid, liquid, and gas 

100

Bradley's birthday cake- Mixing milk, sugar, eggs, and flour and then pouring into a pan, this is taking forever! How can I make my cake bake faster? Should I: add more eggs, milk, yeast, or increase the temperature of the oven?

Increase the TEMP!

100

A combination of 2 or more substances that can easily be separated.

What is a Mixture 

200

The amount of matter in something 

What is Mass 

200

With a mixture of salt and sand, how can adding water help to separate to get ONLY sand? 

Salt dissolves in water.

200

Pancake syrup is this state of matter.

What is liquid

200

CHEMICAL CHANGE- breaking glass, gold formed into a ring, boiling water into gas, iron exposed to oxygen creating rust. TELL ME WHY!

RUST- iron nails exposed to oxygen CAUSES RUST, meaning OXIDATION.

200

Mixture of salt, pepper and water: using a coffee filter, what will happen?

Water and salt will pass through while the pepper stays behind.

300

Definite shape and size 

What is Solid 

300

Which of these ingredients dissolved in Miss Bradley's pasta pan?

Butter, noodles, oil, or salt?

SALT

300

An ice cube is in this state of matter.

What is a solid 

300

The process of changing from a gas to a liquid is called this.

What is condensation 

300

True or false a bowl of different fruit is considered a mixture? 

What is True 


400

Takes the shape of the container it is in 

What is Liquid 

400

Physical change- When applying heat to a liquid

Liquid's state of matter changes= evaporation

400

Steam is in this state of matter.

What is a gas

400

The process of changing from a liquid to a gas is called this.

What is Evaporation 

400

I would use this tool to separate water and salt

What is an evaporating dish

500

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES- Compare a gas to a liquid

Liquids- takes the shape of their container 

gas- expands to fill their containers

500

If Luke is working at the shop and makes a mess of a mixture such as iron nails and sawdust, what tools can he use to separate the nails and clean up the fastest?

MAGNET

500

A glass of Kool-aid is this

What is a solution

500

Water can turn into a solid by this process.

What is Freezing 

500

To separate small iron fillings from a pile of sand, I would use this tool.

What is a magnet?