Fusions 4th grade 4.1 What are Physical Properties?

All matter has certain properties. Which of the following can be classified as matter?

• the number 25

• a dream

• the day Monday

• a puddle of water

Sasha says that taste is not a property of matter. Which statement below best describes why Kaleesha is not correct?

• Taste does not have mass.

• Taste has a density less than water.

• You cannot measure the volume of taste.

• Taste is a physical property that can be described.

Max wants to measure the volume of a brick. Which instrument should he choose to measure the volume?

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Gideon places a small cube of wood into a beaker filled with water. The wood floats on top of the water. Which of these best explains why the wood block floats?

• Most objects will float on water.

• The wood block has less mass than the water.

• The water has more volume than the wood block.

• The wood block has a density that is less than that of water.

Rhett is describing the physical properties of an orange and a lemon. Which two physical properties can she determine without using any measurement instruments?

• mass and color

• texture and volume

• odor and taste

• shape and density

Which of the following is made of matter?

• ice cream

• helium

• lemonade

• all of the above

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The amount of space matter takes up is its -

• mass

• volume

• temperature

• state

Pan balances measure -

• volume

• length

• temperature

• mass

We can measure the volume of matter by using which scientific tool?

• triple beam balance

• graduated cylinder

• thermometer

• ruler

When an item has a greater density than water, it will -

• sink

• float