Vocabulary
Mixtures and Solutions
Chemical and Physical Changes
States of Matter
Measurement and Random
100
Mixture
is two or more kinds of matter put together
100
Mixtures that are solutions and not very easy to separate are:
powdered lemonade, hot chocolate, instant pudding.
100
A chemical change results in
the formation of a new substance.
100
When water changes states, water can always go back to liquid,
so this an example of a physical change. In the morning you noticed the grass was damp, during the day the sun caused the water to evaporate.
100
A ruler measures A graduated cylinder would be great for measuring
length. a small amount of a liquid.
200
Mass
is the amount of matter in an object.
200
Sugar inside of water dissolves the fastest if
the water is hot and even faster if it is stirred.
200
A physical change is a change, but
you can get the new substance back to its original state.
200
Evaporation is the change of water from
liquid to a gas, also known as water vapor.
200
In the morning you noticed the grass was damp,
during the day the sun caused the water to evaporate.
300
Solution
is a mixture of two or more kinds of matter evenly spread out.
300
Solutions cannot be separated by a screen or a filter because
the parts are mixed together in a way that they all have the same size.
300
When water and sugar are mixed together, the best way to separate the two is
to let the water evaporate.
300
Solid has
a definite volume and definite shape.
300
A balance beam measures
the mass of an object.
400
Volume
is the amount of space something takes up.
400
A mixture can be separated easily by
your hands, magnets, or using a strainer, filter, or evaporation
400
Chemical Change examples:
when an iron nail rusts, cooking, decaying of plants, digestion, and anything burning.
400
Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from
gas phase into liquid phase.
400
To find volume of a small object I could:
put a certain amount of water in a cylinder and then place the object inside of the water and then see how much higher the water level rose inside of the cylinder
500
Atom
Is the smallest piece of matter that can still be identified at matter.
500
Mixtures that are easy to separate are:
Salad without dressing, red Fruit Loops from the other colored fruit loops, pens from pencils, quarters from pennies, raisins from the bran.
500
Examples of physical changes are:
ripping apart a paper, breaking glass, cutting down a tree.
500
The three states of matter are:
Solid, Liquid and gas
500
At the beach you have sand and water mixed into the ocean. If you were the first person in the water in the morning,
the sand would be calmly settled to the bottom.