Properties of Matter

Properties
of Matter

What is Matter?

Matter is anything that takes up space
and has mass. All kinds of matter have
properties

Physical properties

are features that we can observe or measure
without changing the object. Some physical
properties are mass, shape, size, volume,
color, and texture. Each material or object has
a group of properties that make it different
from others.

Mass

Mass is the amount of matter in a
substance. A heavy object has more
mass than a light one. You can use a
scale or a balance to measure mass.

Shape

There are many different shapes an object
could have. It could be round, square, oval,
heart-shaped, or triangle-shaped. It could
have a shape that is none of these. Its shape
could be made up of straight lines, or it could
be made up of curved lines.

Size

Objects can also be different sizes. They can be
tiny, small, large, or huge. When telling
something's size, you can also use words like
"larger," "smaller," "largest," or "smallest" to
describe sizes of different objects in relationship
to one another. This is called an object's relative
size

Volume

Volume is the total amount of space that
something takes up. One way to
measure volume is to see how much
water it displaces, or moves out of its
way.

Color

Another physical property an object can have is
color. For example, a fire engine can be red. The
sky sometimes looks blue. Grass is very often
green. The gum balls in the picture show how,
sometimes, objects are exactly alike except for
their colors.

Texture

The way something feels to you when you touch it is
called texture. Some textures that objects can have
are soft, smooth, rough, bumpy, silky, sticky, and
chalky.

The candies in the picture have different textures.
The gum drops are rough. The gum balls are
smooth. The licorice might be sticky.

Multiple Choice

What is matter?

• matter doesn't effect us

• anything that takes up space and has mass

• doesn't take up space and has mass

• only takes up space

Multiple Choice

what are physical properties?

• are features that we can observe or measure without changing the object

• anything that takes up space and has mass

• are features that we can observe or measure that changes the object

Multiple Choice

Which word describes the photo best?

• mass

• color

• volume

• shape

Multiple Choice

Which word describes the photo the best?

• texture

• size

• color

• shape

Multiple Choice

What word best describes the photo best?

• texture

• size

• color

• volume

Multiple Choice

What word best describes the photo?

• volume

• Shape

• Mass

• Color

Multiple Choice

What word best describes the photo?

• Mass

• Volume

• Color

• Texture