Vocabulary
Measuring
Units of Measurement
Physical Properties
Changing Matter
100
This is the gravitational pull on an object.
What is weight?
100
A triple-beam-balance is used to measure this.
What is mass?
100
This unit of measurement is used to express length or distance.
What is the meter or centimeter?
100
All matter is made of these.
What are atoms? (Elements)
100
A physical change includes the following:
What is a change in size, shape or state of matter.
200
volume
What is the amount of space an object takes up?
200
A beaker or graduated cylinder can be used to measure this.
What is volume?
200
This unit of measurement is used to volume?
What is a liter or milliliter?
200
A change in temperature will alter the speed at which atoms inside matter move this causes something to occur.
What is a change in the state of matter?
200
This change in matter forms old matter into a completely new type of matter.
What is a chemical change?
300
Mass
The amount of matter in an object?
300
This method is used to find the volume of an irregular shaped object like a rock.
What is water displacement?
300
This unit of measurement is used to represent mass?
What is a gram?
300
Volume and density are greatly altered by this.
temperature/heat.
300
This is NOT matter.
What is ENERGY?
400
Matter
What is anything that takes up space and has mass.
400
This unit of measurement is used to represent temperature.
What is degrees Celsius.
400
What does the Law of Conservation of Matter state?
Matter cannot be created or destroyed. It only changes form.
500
A relationship between an object's mass and its volume.
What is density?
500
This unit of measurement is used to represent time in a lab.
What is a second?
500
This is required to change matter?
What is energy?