What do you use to measure mass?

• balance

• graduated cylinder

• beaker

• ruler

How do you measure the volume of a liquid?

• balance

• measuring cup or graduated cylinder

• ruler

• beaker

How do you measure the volume of a rock?

• Fill a graduated cylinder with water. Record the volume. Put the rock into the graduated cylinder. Record the new volume. Subtract to get the rock's volume.

• Put the rock on a balance and record the weight.

• Use the equation for volume which is length x width x height

How do you measure the volume of an object with straight lines? For example, a show box.

• Fill a graduated cylinder half full with water. Record the volume. Put the item into the graduated cylinder. Record the new volume. Subtract to get the object's volume.

• Use a balance and record the weight.

• Use a ruler and measure the length, width, and height. Then use the formula length x width x height.

Anything about an object that can be observed or measured is called a

• chemical property

• physical property

• inference

• physical change

What type of property can be observed or measured without changing the kind of matter?

• physical property

• chemical property

• solid property

• liquid property

What are measurable physical properties of matter?

• mass

• volume

• size

• color

• smell

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

What is matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Particles move the fastest in this state of matter.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

They vibrate back and forth in a very small space

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4