Properties of Matter

What is the definition of matter?

• anything with weight

• liquids

• anything that has mass and takes up space

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what is mass?

• a triple beam balance

• the amount of matter in something and is measured in grams

• a tool for measuring length

what are physical properties?

• measurable characteristics that describe the physical state of something

• inferences-educated guess

• observations of matter

what is relative density?

• mass of something

• how dense something is compared with a reference material. more dense than water will sink, less dense than water will float.

• more dense will float, less dense will sink

• amount of matter in something

Match the following

• matter

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• Compound

• a small particle that is a building block of matter

• element

• a combination of two or more different elements bonded together

• atom

• a substance that consists of just one type of atom

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One particle of table salt (NaCl) is best described as a (a)   .

• atom

• compound

• element

• mixture

Answer explanation

Table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made up of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), chemically bonded together.

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what is solubility?

• ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

• liquids dissolving in a solid.

• ability of a liquid to dissolve in a solid

what is properties?

• materials that allow electricity to flow through

• qualities/characteristics that distinguish one sample of mater from another

• three states of matter

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what is a conductor?

• material that allows electric current or thermal (heat) energy to pass through easily.

• material that allows light energy to pass through easily.

• material that allows mechanical energy to pass through easily.

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what is an example of a solid?

• desk

• milk

• air

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