Conservation of Matter and Properties of Matter Study Guide

When something is maintained or it stays the same it is____________.

• Conserved

• Preservatives

• physical change

• chemical change

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Matter is anything that takes up space and has weight

• True
• False

A form that matter can exist in (solid, liquid, gas).

• Conservation

• Molecules

• State

• Particles

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A physical change is a nonreversible change that creates a new substance like rust, ash, or bubbles.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A chemical change is a reversible change that does not create a new substance.

• True
• False

Some examples of chemical changes are:

• Boiling water
• Rusting of iron, combustion of wood, digestion of food.
• Dissolving sugar in water
• Melting of ice

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

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Some examples of physical changes are:

• Freezing water
• Melting ice, boiling water, breaking glass.
• Dissolving sugar
• Rusting metal

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Metal is a better conductor of heat and electricity than rubber and wood.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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___________ is a property of matter.

• smell

• Mass
• taste

• sound

_____ is the property of matter that describes how an object is affected when scratched or dented.

• viscosity
• elasticity
• hardness
• density