Properties of Matter 5th Grade HMH

Multiple Choice

The amount of space an object takes up is ...

• Volume

• Mass

• Density

• Weight

Multiple Choice

The amount of matter in an object is ...

• Volume

• Mass

• Density

• Weight

Multiple Choice

These tools measure____________________.

• volume

• mass/weight

• length

• temperature

Open Ended

The sphere was dropped into water in a graduated cylinder as shown below. If the new volume with the sphere is 80mL, what is the volume of the sphere?

Multiple Choice

A student measured three objects made of different materials. The table shows each object’s mass and volume.

Order the materials from least dense to most dense, write the number in the correct order.

1. glass 2. rubber 3. wood

• Wood, Rubber, Glass

• Glass, Wood, Rubber

• Rubber, Wood, Glass

• Glass, Rubber, Wood

Drag and Drop

Object 1 is ​

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Object 2 is ​

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Object 3 is ​

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same density as water

less dense than water

more dense than water

Multiple Choice

Particles of a liquid

• are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position.

• are free to move around one another but still touch.

• Move very freely and expand to take the volume of their container

Categorize

Options (12)

Definite shape and definite volume

Particles are packed close together

Particles vibrate in place

Indefinite shape and a definite volume

Takes the shape of its container

Particles are packed close together, but are far enough apart to move past each other

Indefinite shape and indefinite volume

Expands to fill its container

Particles move fast and are very far apart

Organize these characteristics to the correct state of matter

Solid

Liquid

Gas

Multiple Choice

What happens to a solid when it absorbs enough energy?

• It melts, changing to a liquid

• It freezes, changing to a solid

• It evaporates, changing to a gas

• It condenses, changing to a liquid

Drag and Drop

As a solid takes in heat energy, its temperature ​

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___. Eventually, it will ​

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___, changing to a ​

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___. If the liquid takes in enough ​

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___, it will ​

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___, changing to a gas.

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decreases

freezes

Increases

Melt

Liquid

Heat

Evaporate

Condenses

Open Ended

Explain the difference between a solid and a liquid.