Investigating Properties of Matter

What is volume?

• the amount of stuff in matter

• the amount of space matter takes up

• how heavy matter is

• if matter sinks or floats

You can use a balance/scale to measure which property?

• volume
• weight
• temperature
• mass

A characteristic of a type of matter that can be observed or measured

• Description

• Physical Property

• Investigation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Liters measure the _______ of a liquid

• Mass

• Volume

• Conductivity

• Solubility

A physical property that measures how fast particles are moving in an object is....

• Mass

• Volume

• Temperature

• Texture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

How an object feels is called...

• Texture

• Color

• Shape

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Why is a balloon with air in it heavier than a balloon without air?

• it's larger
• it has matter in it
• it takes up more space
• none of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The state of matter in which a substance has a definite shape and definite volume and the particles are closest together is

• solid
• gas
• atom
• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The state of matter in which the particles are furthest apart is...

• element
• compound
• gas
• liquid

Matter that is made of only one kind of atom.

• compound
• volume
• element
• atom