Changes in Matter

What do we call the amount of matter in an object?

• Mass

• Solid

• Brain matter

• Space

A change in the way matter looks is called___________.

• a chemical change

• a physical change

• a new haircut

When liquid is heated it will__________.

• melt

• freeze

• dance

• evaporate

Matter is ________.

• only things you can see

• important information

• only made of wood

• anything that has mass and takes up space

Ms. McCorkell left a bowl of water in a sunny windowsill for a week to see what would happen to the water. After a week, most of the water was gone. What most likely happened to the water?

• The water boiled because the sill was too hot.

• The water evaporated due to the heat of the sun.

• The water froze and turned to a solid.

• A cat drank the water.

A liquid changing to a solid, a solid changing to a liquid, and a liquid changing into a gas are all examples of ______.

• physical changes

• chemical changes

• properties

• evaporation

Size and color are examples of _________.

• volume

• properties

• matter

• mass

______________ is a measure of how hot or cold something is.

• temperature

• volume

• mass

• state of matter