Measuring Matter (Grade 7)

Matter

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Anything that has volume and takes up space.

• Anything that has weight and takes up space.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Volume

• amount of space taken up or occupied by an object.

• amount that an object weighs.

• amount of air taken up by the object.

Graduated Cylinder

• Used to measure liquid volume.

• Used to measure mass.

• Used to measure weight.

• Used to measure height.

Units used to measure liquid volume.

• L, mL

• g, oz

• lbs, kg

Units used to measure mass.

• g, kg

• lbs

• L, mL

Formula for the volume of a regularly shaped solid.

• length x width x height

• length x diameter x height

• pounds x ounces x kilograms

Displacement

• method for measuring irregularly shaped solids.

• method for weighing regularly shaped solids.

• method for measuring regularly shaped solids.

Meniscus

• the curve at a liquids surface by which we measure the weight.

• the curve at a liquids surface by which we measure the volume.

• the curve at a solids surface by which we measure the volume.

• the curve at a liquids surface by which we measure the mass.

Mass

• the amount of volume in an object.

• the amount of matter in an object.

• the amount an object weighs.

• the amount of water in an object.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Weight

• measure of the gravitational force of an object.

• measure of the mass in an object.

• measure of the height of an object.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4