Introduction to Matter

What is matter?

• Anything that has weight but not volume

• Anything that has volume but not weight

• Anything that has weight and volume

• Anything that has no weight or volume

When talking about science in general, what do we mean if we refer to space,

• It's the area in which things exist.

• It's an area in which nothing can exist.

• It's where aliens come from.

• It's where we (the aliens!) came from.

The heaviness of an object is referred to as...

• volume

• matter

• height

• weight

Solids, liquids, and gases are three of the....

• the United States

• the states of volume

• states of matter

• the states of being

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Which of the following are states of matter?

• solid

• California

• liquid

• Oregon

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What do we call the smallest possible unit of matter?

• part

• particle

• segment

• fraction

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Which of the following are ways that we can find or calculate matter?

• Length x Width x Height

• Use a beaker

• Use a graduated cylinder

• Length x Width

What type of text feature might an author use to show something that is too small or too big to see?

• subtitle

• picture with a caption

• graph

• model

Which of the following is NOT matter?

• a piece of paper

• a piece of pie

• world peace

• a piece of the world

If you wanted to change a solid to a liquid, you would need to....

• increase the temperature

• decrease the temperature

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