Density Category Sort

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Element

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(b) Mixture

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(c) Compound

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(d) Fake News

• Physical combination of two or more elements

• Salt Water

• Can be physically separated

• Made of one type of atom

• Air

• Can never be divided

• 
• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• 
• Chemical combination of two or more elements

• Cannot be physically separated

• Hydrogen Dioxide (Water)

• 
• Hydrogen

• Fake News

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Physical Change

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(b) Chemical Change

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(c) Fake News!

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(d) Not Quite!

• Making ice cream

• Not Quite!

• Change in state of matter

• Chopping logs

• Change in what matter is made of

• Can usually undo it

• Squashing marshmallows

• Change in size or shape

• Rusting nails

• Cannot undo it

• Fake News!

• Toasting marshmallows

• Melting ice cream

• Hammering nails

• Burning logs

• Makes a new substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Sequence these events in the water cycle.

• The atmosphere cools the vapor.

• START: The sun heats the liquid water.

• The vapor packs together to form clouds.

• Water vapor expands and rises to the atmosphere.

• Gravity pulls the water back to Earth's surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sort these items into the correct state of matter.

Groups:

(a) Solid

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(b) Liquid

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(c) Gas

• Water

• Carbon Dioxide

• Soda

• 
• Wood

• Water Vapor

• Milk

• 
• Rock

• Brick

• Smoke

• Steam

• Diamond

• Oxygen

• Ice

• Oil

• Juice

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Mass

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(b) Volume

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(c) Density

• Amount of space an object takes up

• How big it looks

• Units - g/mL

• Units - grams

• Amount of matter in an object

• How heavy it feels

• Tool - Calculator

• Units - milliLiters

• Amount of mass in a specific volume

• How packed the particles are

• Tool - Graduated Cylinder

• Tool - Scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5