Matter and Measurement Vocabulary

Matter is anything that has:

• mass

• volume

• mass and volume

• substance

Mass is a measurement of:

• the amount of particles (matter) a substance has.

• the space an object occupies

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Volume is a measurement of:

• the amount of particles a substance has.

• the space an object occupies

How would you find the mass of an object?

• Measure its dimensions with a ruler, and then multiply length x width x height

• Water displacement

• use a balance/scale

• use a timer

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense.

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1

Why does ice float?

• Liquid water is less dense than solid water.
• Solid water is less dense than liquid water.
• Gaseous water is less dense than solid water.
• Liquid water is less dense than gaseous water.

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Please put Kinetic Molecular Theory in order. Kinetic Molecular Theory states that:

• Matter is made of molecules

• and hit each other.

• As the particles heat up, they speed up and spread out.

• that constantly move (thus having kinetic energy)

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Match the device with what it measures

• spring scale

• heat (boiling point)

• graduated cylinder

• volume (mL and cm³)

• probe ware

• force (Newtons)

• balance scale

• mass (g)

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Match the word and definition

• the amount of matter

• density

• the space an object occupies (takes up)

• volume
• anything with mass and volume

• matter
• the amount gravity pulls on an object's mass

• weight
• how tightly packed together matter is

• mass

What will never change, no matter where you are in the universe?

• mass
• weight

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