Properties of Matter-Physical Science-Week 2

What are the two tests for determining if something is matter?

• It takes up space and has properties that can be observed.

• It can only be seen with a microscope and it is a chemical.

• It melts and tastes good.

• It takes up space and can be seen.

What are the 3 states of matter with an example of each, using water.

• solid (rust), liquid (soft), gas (explosion)

• solid (ice), liquid (water we drink), gas (steam or water vapor)

• smoothness (liquid), heavy (ball), ferment (water)

• hard (shovel), liquid (lava), bumpy (football)

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If a scientist was observing a tennis ball, what would he be testing if he had the following words written on his record sheet:

color, hardness, floats or sinks, texture, solubility, magnetic or not.

• physical changes

• chemical changes

• physical properties

• chemical properties

What are the three main states of matter?

• solid, liquid, color

• gas, texture, liquid

• solubility, liquid, odor

• liquid, gas, solid

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Which is an example of water's solid state?

• ice in a skating rink

• rain falling from clouds

• a waterfall in a river

• steam rising from a pasta pot

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Which object has both smooth texture and floats in water?

• a marble

• a ping pong ball

• a crayon

• a tree branch

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When a metal mailbox is rusting because of the weather, the rust is an example of _____

• a physical change

• magnetism

• texture

• a chemical change

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When a hammer breaks a large rock into smaller pieces, the broken rock is an example of _____

• a physical change

• a chemical change

• solubility

• density

What did Archimedes, the Greek mathematician and engineer, discover when putting objects in water?

• The objects will always float.

• The objects will always display the water.

• The objects will always rust.

• The objects will always sink.

_____ built the first compound microscope.

• Archimedes

• Compound Microscope

• Janssen

• Epperson