Matter Vocabulary
Everything that has mass and takes up space
What is Matter
What will happen if you keep increasing the temperature of a liquid?
It will boil and become a gas.
What are the 3 main states of matter?
What is solid, liquid, and gas
Ice cubes changing into water is caused by what?
What is Heating
Which of the following is an example of a physical change? a. Water freezing into ice. b. A piece of wood burning. c. A toy car rusting. d. Zinc producing hydrogen gas when mixed with water
water freezing into ice
The amount of matter in something
What is Mass
What is the basic shape of a liquid?
It does not have a basic shape. It takes the shape of its container
Pancake syrup is in what state?
Adding heat to a pot of water will change the liquid into what state?
What is gas
What change has occurred when a nail rusts?
chemical change
Definite shape and size
What is Solid
What's the easiest way to add energy to matter? a. Heating it b. Cooling it c. Decreasing pressure d. Decreasing temperature
A. Heating it
An ice cube is in what state of matter?
What is one example of a chemical change we created in class?
Example: mixing baking soda and vinegar
When matter changes, but remains the same substance & can often be changed back
Physical Change
Takes the shape of the container it is in
What is Liquid
Compared to ice, how do molecules of water behave? a. They move less freely. b. They are locked into a crystal lattice. c. They move more freely. d. They bounce off one another randomly.
C. move more freely
Steam is in what state?
What is a gas
Are ice and water made up of the same matter? Explain.
Yes. They are both made out of H2O.
What happens to the mass of water as it turns into a gas?
It stays the same.
Particles spread throughout its container and molecules move randomly
What is Gas
A combination of 2 more substances that can be easily separated
Mixture
Think of a glass of soda. The bubbles are an example of what state of matter?
What is a gas
Gas can turn into a liquid by what process?
What is condensation
When matter changes and creates a new substance, the change can NOT be reversed.
Chemical Change