Structure and Properties of Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space is.....

• property

• volume

• matter

• mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

______________ is the amount of space that matter takes up.

• mass

• weight

• matter

• volume

__________________ is the amount of matter in an object.

• volume

• mass

• weight

• matter

A _____________ is something about an object that you can observe with your senses.

• matter

• mass

• volume

• property

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

A pan balance is used to measure which property of matter?

• volume

• weight

• mass

• hardness

Mrs. Pelphrey's son Connor is playing with Play Dough. He makes 4 balls out of the Play Dough. He puts all the Play Dough balls on a balance and measure the total mass as 40 g. He then pushes the Play Dough into one big ball and measures its mass. Which of the following would be a reasonable mass for the entire ball?

• 44 g

• 40 g

• 10 g

• 41 g

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What would be the best tool to measure the volume of a brick?

• graduated cylinder/ beaker

• balance scale

• ruler

• spring scale

Luke says that odor is not a property of matter. Which statement below BEST describes why Luke is not correct.

• Odor does not have mass

• Odor does not have volume

• Odor is a physical property that can be described

• Odor can not be measured

Mrs. Labella's class is trying to find the volume of a centimeter cube. What two instruments could they use to find the volume of the cube?

• ruler and pan balance

• graduated cylinder and pan balance

• ruler and spring scale

• ruler and graduated cylinder

Caleb built two identical action figures with his legos. He puts one action figure on one pan of a balance. He takes the other action figure apart and places all the parts on the other pan of the balance. Which claim tells what he will MOST LIKELY observe about the pans of the balance?

• The pan with the action figure will be slightly lower than the pan with the parts

• The pan with the action figure will be slightly higher than the pan with the parts

• The pan with the action figure will be completely lowered, and the pan with the parts will be completely raised

• The pan with the action figure will be even with the pan with the parts