Physical Properties of Matter

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What is volume?

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The measure of the amount of space taken up by an object.

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What is a physical property?

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Something about a material that can be measured or detected by the senses.

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Physical properties are traits that can:

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Be measured and observed with tools and our five senses.

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What is buoyancy?

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Whether an object sinks or floats.

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How do you find the density of an object?

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Divide the mass by the volume.

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What is mass?

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The measure of the amount of matter in an object.

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What is density?

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The measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume.

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What is the difference between mass and weight?

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Mass is the amount of matter in an object, while weight is the force of gravity acting on that mass.

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What is a solid?

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A state of matter with a definite shape and volume.

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What is a liquid?

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A state of matter that has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.