Describing and Classifying Matter

Water, air, buildings, food, and everything visible and invisible has mass and takes up space. What is the word used to describe anything that has mass and takes up space?

• atom

• molecule

• solid

• matter

A pure substance is a single kind of matter. A(n) ____________ is made up of two or more substances that are together in the same place, but each substance keeps its own properties.

• mixture

• compound

• atom

• molecule

Shape is a ____ that helps identify an object.

• physical property
• chemical property
• mass
• matter

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Density: Chemical or Physical Property

• Chemical Property
• Physical Property

Flammability (burns): Chemical or Physical Property

• Chemical Property
• Physical Property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

In science, matter is:

• two substances mixed together

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• something you care about a lot

• a type of element

In a heterogeneous mixture, you can:

• easily separate the individual parts

• not easily separate the individual parts: it's difficult

• drink it

• only call it a molecule

Is a bowl of candy a mixture, element, or compound?

• Mixture

• Element

• Compound

Is water, H₂O, a mixture, element, or compound?

• mixture

• element

• compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What are the three states of matter?

• solid, volume, mass
• density, volume, mass
• solid, liquid, gas
• density, gas, volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4