Properties of Matter

What is matter

• The weight of an object

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The size of an object

• A way to measure an object.

What does observe mean?

• using your senses to gather information about it

• to apply heat to an object

• to freeze something

• to test the solubility of an object

What does measure mean?

• The size of an object.

• The solubiilty of something.

• An object that takes up space.

• The size, length. or amount of something.

What are the three states of matter?

• solid, water, liquid

• gas, air, liquid

• solid, liquid, gas

• plasma, solid, water

What is a property of copper?

• It conducts electricity.

• It is plastic.

• It does not conduct electricity.

• It is made of rubber.

What is the atomic theory?

• The idea that a sandcastle has too many pieces of sand.

• The idea that everything is made up of small particles.

• The idea that gasses are weightless

• The idea that gas is invisible.

Wood does not conduct heat

• true

• false

What is an atom?

• An atom is air blown into a balloon.

• An atom is a gas.

• The smallest part of an element.

• An atom is the biggest part of an element.

You cannot see an atom with a regular microscope.

• true

• false

What is a compound?

• matter made up of oxygen

• air

• a molecule

• matter made up of two or more elements