Matter, Atoms, and Molecules

Matter

Multiple Choice

What is potential energy?

• Stored energy

• Motion energy

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What is kinetic energy?

• Stored energy

• Motion energy

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What is gravitational potential energy?

• Energy stored due to an object's position above ground

• Energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance

• Energy that moves an object

• Energy related to heat.

Multiple Choice

What is mechanical energy?

• Energy stored due to an object's position above ground

• Energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance

• Energy that moves an object

• Energy related to heat.

Multiple Choice

What is chemical energy?

• Energy stored due to an object's position above ground

• Energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance

• Energy that moves an object

• Energy related to heat.

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What is thermal energy?

• Energy stored due to an object's position above ground

• Energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance

• Energy that moves an object

• Energy related to heat.

Open Ended

What is everything made up of? What is our bodies made of? The world? The universe?

​Matter

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Matter is all the stuff that makes up the universe

• ​If the object has any weight, it is matter

• ​YOU are matter

• ​Turn to someone around you and tell them that they MATTER!

​Matter

• Matter is anything that has weight and takes up space: backpacks, desks, chairs, pencils,

Open Ended

Can you name more than 5 things that are made up of matter? Bonus points if you can list 10 or more.

Open Ended

What does NOT have matter?

​Light and Sound Energy

• ​They are not matter because they do NOT have mass

• ​This means it is classified as it's own type of energy.

• ​We will discuss wave energy of sound and light after Thanksgiving break.

Open Ended

What is the smallest thing you have seen with your eyes?

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Which of these is the largest?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Skin Cell

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the second largest?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Skin Cell

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Which of these is in between small and large?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Skin Cell

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the second smallest?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Skin Cell

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the smallest?

• Atom

• Molecule

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Skin Cell

​Atom

​Smallest unit of matter

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​There are 118 existing atoms in the universe.

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​1 grain of sand contains 2x10¹⁹ atoms or 20,000,000,000,000,000,000

​Molecules

• ​When 2 or more atoms connect, they become MOLECULES

Open Ended

What is H₂O?

Open Ended

What does the H, the 2, and the O mean?

Open Ended

What is CO_2?

Open Ended

What does the C, the 2, and the O mean?

Open Ended

What is O₂?

Open Ended

What does the O and the 2 mean?

Multiple Choice

How many atoms does a N₂ molecule have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Choice

How many atoms does a H₂O molecule have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Choice

How many atoms does a CO₂ molecule have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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How many atoms does a CH₄ molecule have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5