Topic 1 and 2 Properties and Changes in Matter

What is Matter?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• A chemical reaction that lets off gasses.

• A physical change in state.

• Anything that has mass, but only takes the shape of its container.

What are the 3 BEST ways that we can observe matter?

• using your senses

• measuring its properties

• testing its properties

• see if it melts

• check the state of matter

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Fill in the blank using only one word bank below (spelling matters):

solubility, conductivity, thermal, magnetic

The property of a material that refers to how well it dissolves in another material is ____________.

The smallest part of an element that still has the properties of the element is called a(n)?

• positive element

• negative element

• nucleus

• atom

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How many atoms make up a compound?

• 0

• 1

• 2 or more

• 2

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What are 3 examples of properties of matter

• compounds

• state of matter

• solubility

• conductivity

• molecules

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What are the three states of matter that water can be in?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• chemical

• physical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Graduated cylinders are tools to measure substances. What property of liquids do they measure?

• solubility

• temperature

• volume

• mass

The amount of matter in a substance is called its?

• mass

• volume

• temperature

• solubility

In which state of matter would a substance have a definite shape?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• mass