Properties of Matter
by Zach, Ethan,and Owen
Mass and Volume of Matter
The amount of space matter takes up is volume. Matter is anything that takes up space. It can be gas, solid, or liquid.
Describing Matter
People use properties to describe matter. A property is anything you measure or describe (size, color, shape, etc.).For some examples check out the pictures.
color
This face is the color red.
shape
Different shaped birds.
size
DIfferent sized cups.
Changing Properties
Properties can change. Water can change from a liquid (water) to a solid (ice) when it gets cold. Heating things up and cooling things down usually changes the properties of an object.
vocabulary words
Matter: is any object or substance that has mass and volume.
Mass: is the amount of matter in some thing you can use a balnce to measure mass.
States of matter: are forms that matter can take.
Volume: is how much space some thing takes up.
Properties: are things you can measure or discribe.
Conductor: is a object that some thing can go through.
Questions
Question
1# Wich statement about these object is most likely true?
Answers
The wooden spoon can conduct electricity but the metal spoon can't.
Question
A student at a tray of ice cubes on a table an hour later it melted. What property changed?
Zach ( on the left),Owen ( in the middle),??????????
Zach is a black belt. Owen is smart.