Key Terms
What term refers to "what all things are made of"?
a) Matter
b) Dirt
c) Travel
What is:
a) MATTER?
I am a rock. I have a definite shape, I have mass (weight), and I take up space (volume). I am a:
a) Solid;
b) Liquid;
c) Gas.
a) SOLID?
a) 12;
b) 3;
c) Unlimited!
What is:
a) 3 (Three)?
A term meaning "the tiny microscopic particles that make up matter":
a) Water;
b) Molecules;
c) Plankton.
What is:
b) MOLECULES?
I am iced tea. I am delicious to drink. I can only take the shape of my container, but I have weight and volume. I am:
a) Solid;
b) Liquid;
c) Gas.
What is:
b) LIQUID?
A true fact about solids:
a) Their molecules spread out far so their shape changes a lot;
b) They have no mass;
c) The have a definite shape.
What is:
c) Solids have a definite shape?
A state of matter that has a definite shape, weight (mass), and volume:
a) Liquid;
b) Solid;
c) Gas.
What is:
b) SOLID?
I am helium. I am used to blow up balloons! I take the shape of the container I am in. I may not have mass (weight), but I can take up a little or a lot of space. I am:
a) Solid;
b) Liquid;
c) Gas.
What is:
c) GAS?
a) They do not have shapes of their own;
b) They have weight;
c) Gases are all dangerous to people.
What is:
a) They do NOT have shapes of their own?
A state of matter that takes the shape of its container, has mass (weight), and takes up space (volume):
a) Solid;
b) Gas;
c) Liquid.
What is:
c) LIQUID?
I am an ice cube. I am frozen water. When I melt, I turn into a liquid. However, ice cubes like me have mass/weight and volume. An ice cube like me is:
a) Solid;
b) Liquid;
c) Gas.
What is:
a) SOLID?
A difference between solids and liquids:
a) Solids take up more space than liquids always;
b) Liquids have molecules that spread out more if not in a container;
c) Liquids always hurt people who drink them.
b) Liquids have molecules that spread out more if not in a container?
The state of matter that may not be seen, takes the shape of its container, and may not have definite mass or volume:
a) Gas;
b) Solid;
c) Liquid.
What is:
a) GAS?
I am air. You need to breathe me in to live. I am everywhere, so I take up a lot of space. I do not have mass/weight. Air is a:
a) Solid;
b) Liquid;
c) Gas.
What is:
c) GAS?