Properties of Matter
1. What is the ability of one substance to dissolve in another substance called?
The ability of one substance to dissolve in another is called solubility.
2. What are the three properties of matter?
The three properties of matter are gas, solid, and liquid.
3. What is matter made up of?
Matter is made up of tiny particles.
4. Compare and contrast the movement of particles in solids, liquids, and gases.
Solids: They move back and forth. They do not change places with each other, and they have a definite shape. Liquids: Changes shape, does not have a definite shape, takes up a definite amount of space, and will take up the shape. The particles are not held together the way they are in a solid. They move by sliding past one another, whereas in a solid, it does not.
Gases: Can take the shape of its container. It expands to fill space. Always fills the container its in. Particles are far apart. The particles move easily and quickly.
5. What temperature does water freeze at?
Water freezes at O° Celsius, or below.
6. What state of matter does water change into at 100 degrees Celsius?
At 100 ° Celsius, water changes into water vapor.
7. What would cause the mass of an object to change?
The mass of an object would change if matter is added or removed from it.
8. What tool can you use to compare and measure the mass of two objects?
A pan balance is a tool used to compare and measure the mass of two objects. (p. 323)
9. Solids take what state when they melt?
A solid takes the liquid state when melted.
10. What is the difference between weight and mass?
Weight is a measurement of gravity on an object, and mass is the measurement of the amount of matter something contains.
11. What metric units are used to measure the volume of solids? Of liquid.
One way to measure volume is to count the number of unit cubes that fill it, or using a ruler and measuring l x w x h. A way to measure liquid is to use
The ability of one substance to dissolve in another is called solubility.
2. What are the three properties of matter?
The three properties of matter are gas, solid, and liquid.
3. What is matter made up of?
Matter is made up of tiny particles.
4. Compare and contrast the movement of particles in solids, liquids, and gases.
Solids: They move back and forth. They do not change places with each other, and they have a definite shape. Liquids: Changes shape, does not have a definite shape, takes up a definite amount of space, and will take up the shape. The particles are not held together the way they are in a solid. They move by sliding past one another, whereas in a solid, it does not.
Gases: Can take the shape of its container. It expands to fill space. Always fills the container its in. Particles are far apart. The particles move easily and quickly.
5. What temperature does water freeze at?
Water freezes at O° Celsius, or below.
6. What state of matter does water change into at 100 degrees Celsius?
At 100 ° Celsius, water changes into water vapor.
7. What would cause the mass of an object to change?
The mass of an object would change if matter is added or removed from it.
8. What tool can you use to compare and measure the mass of two objects?
A pan balance is a tool used to compare and measure the mass of two objects. (p. 323)
9. Solids take what state when they melt?
A solid takes the liquid state when melted.
10. What is the difference between weight and mass?
Weight is a measurement of gravity on an object, and mass is the measurement of the amount of matter something contains.
11. What metric units are used to measure the volume of solids? Of liquid.
One way to measure volume is to count the number of unit cubes that fill it, or using a ruler and measuring l x w x h. A way to measure liquid is to use