Matter

When buying a towel, an important question to ask about its physical properties is...

• Is the towel soft?

• Is the towel absorbent?

• Is the towel red?

• How much does the towel weigh?

Structure A has 5 blocks. Structure B has 6 blocks. Can you deconstruct Structure A to make Structure B?

• No. Structure A does not have enough blocks.

• Yes. Structure A has enough blocks to construct Structure B.

• No. Structure A has too many blocks.

• Yes. Structure B needs less blocks than Structure A.

Choose the irreversible change.

• poking a hole in paper

• cutting paper

• burning paper

• folding paper

Anna likes hot tea. She did not drink her tea fast enough and it got cold. How can she reverse this change?

• Add ice.

• Put in microwave.

• Put cup in freezer.

• Dump in sink.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

If the teacher is building a container for her supplies and needs an object that does not bend, which object would best suit her purpose?

• Object A: flexible, pink, smooth

• Object B: flexible, gray, bumpy

• Object C: Not flexible, pink, smooth

• Object A: flexible, pink, bumpy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Anything that has mass and takes up space is called

• mass

• matter

• liquid

• solid

How much matter is inside an object is called

• matter

• liquid

• flexible

• mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Adding or removing heat from matter that forms a NEW substance is

• Reversible change

• Irreversible change

Small objects that are once together but then are separated or

• rearranged

• liquid

• irreversible change

• disassembled

Changing states and changing sizes due to adding or removing heat are examples of a

• Reversible change

• Irreversible change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4