2.1 Properties and States of Matter

What is the definition of matter?

• Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Matter is how something looks ad feels.

• Matter is how much something weighs.

Our ______ give us information about matter.

• opinions

• 5 senses (smell, taste, touch, hearing, sight)

• mindset

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What is mass?

• The amount of matter in an object is its mass. (How heavy something is)

• The amount of liquid in an object.

• The amount of gas in an object

When we group matter based on similarities and differences we are __________.

• moving matter.

• judging matter.

• classifying matter.

How matter looks, feels, tastes, sounds, and smells are all _________ _________ of matter.

• physical properties

• characteristics

• chemical properties

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The 3 basic forms of matter are:

• heavy, liquid, gas

• solid, liquid, gas

• solid, liquid, heavy

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True or false: Matter can change forms. (For example: a liquid can change to a solid; a liquid can change to a gas)

• True

• False

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True or false: YOU are matter.

• True, I have mass and take up space.

• False

Between a bowling ball and an elephant, which has more mass?

• The bowling ball

• The elephant

What is added or removed to change states of matter?

• Heat

• Water

• Air

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