Properties of Matter

What is matter?

• Anything that has weight and takes up space

• Some things in the universe

• Only things that are living

What is the difference between mass and weight?

• Mass and weight are not affected by gravity

• Mass is affected by gravity, but weight is not

• Weight is affected by gravity, mass stays the same

TRUE/FALSE: If I lose weight (I am eating well) do I lose mass?

• True, I lose mass because I lose fat cells

• True, I lose mass because mass is only in non living things

• False, I do not lose mass because mass never changes

• False, I lose weight not mass

Which of the following is NOT a chemical property?

• The substance was soluble in water

• The substance was toxic to animals

• The substance was green

• The substance burned easily

Which is of the following is NOT a physical property?

• The substance was yellow

• The substance was reactive with acid

• The substance was bumpy

• The substance was a solid

TRUE/FALSE: A substance is made up of different atoms and molecules

• True, a substance is not the same throughout

• False, a substance is made of the same atoms or molecules throughout

In solids...

• Shape and volume do not change

• Shape changes but volume does not change

• Shape stays the same but volume changes

Liquids have this type of particle movement

• Particles have fixed positions

• Particles are slowly free moving near each other

• Particles are moving quickly and are far away from one another

In a gas phase, particles are...

• Free flowing and spread out

• Free flowing but close together

• Fixed and unmoving

These are the smallest things in the world

• molecules

• ants

• grains of sand

• atoms