Physical/Chemical Properties and States of Matter

What is Matter?

• anything that occupies space

• unit of measurment

• anything that has mass and occupies space

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1

NGSS.5-PS1-3

what are the three states of matter?

• leaves, soil, glass

• liquid,solid, gas

• plasma, beaker, electrons

what does fixed shape mean?

• takes the shape of the container it is in

• keeps shape when placed in a container

what does indefinite (indef.) shape mean?

• keeps shape when placed in a container

• takes the shape of the container

What are the characteristics of a solid?

• fixed shape, fixed volume, not cpm[ressible and no flow

• indef. shape, fixed volume, not conpressible and has flow

• indef. shape, indef volume, compressible and has flow

What are the characteristics of a liquid?

• fixed shape, fixed volume, not cpm[ressible and no flow

• indef. shape, fixed volume, not conpressible and has flow

• indef. shape, indef volume, compressible and has flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the characteristics of a gas?

• fixed shape, fixed volume, not cpm[ressible and no flow

• indef. shape, fixed volume, not conpressible and has flow

• indef. shape, indef volume, compressible and has flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

what are crystalline solids?

• solids whos particles are arranged in an orderly geometric pattern such as salt ,diamonds and sugar.

• solids that have their particles randomly distributed without any long-range pattern such as plastic, glass and charcoal.

• soilds that have their particles cosely packs and they move around.

what are amorphous solids?

• solids whos particles are arranged in an orderly geometric pattern such as salt ,diamonds and sugar.

• solids that have their particles randomly distributed without any long-range pattern such as plastic, glass and charcoal.

• soilds that have their particles cosely packs and they move around.

what is another way to classigy matter?

• weight

• composition

• hight