Physical Properties
What property tells how heavy something is?
What is Mass
What kind of materials are attracted to magnets?
What is metals (especially iron/steel)?
If an object floats in water, is it more or less dense than water?
What is less dense?
What does it mean if a substance is soluble?
It can dissolve in water
What is all matter made of?
Tiny particles
What property describes how much space an object takes up?
What is volume?
What do we call materials that allow electricity to flow easily?
What are conductors?
If an object sinks in water, what does that tell you about its density?
What is more dense than water?
Give one example of something that dissolves in water.
Can we see these particles with our eyes?
No
What physical property tells whether something is a solid, liquid, or gas?
What is physical state?
What do we call materials that do NOT allow heat or electricity to pass easily?
What are insulators?
Water is used as a ______ point when comparing density.
What is reference?
What do we call a mixture where one substance dissolves in another?
Solution
What fills a balloon when you blow it up?
Air particles
Which property describes how something feels (smooth, rough, bumpy)?
What is texture?
Is a rubber band a conductor or insulator?
What is insulator?
A piece of wood floats and a rock sinks. Which is more dense?
What is the rock?
Does sand dissolve in water? What does that mean?
No; it is insoluble
Why does a balloon expand when you blow into it?
Air particles take up space
Name TWO physical properties you could observe without measuring.
What is color, texture, shape
Compare a metal spoon and a wooden spoon in hot soup. Which transfers heat faster and why?
What is a Metal spoon; it is a conductor
Explain why a large ship can float even though it is made of metal.
It has air inside, lowering overall density
Compare sugar and sand in water. Why does one dissolve and the other doesn’t?
Sugar is soluble; sand is not
Explain how we know air is matter even though we can’t see it.
It takes up space and has mass