Matter and Materials

What is matter?

• Something we can only smell

• Anything that takes up space

• Only things that are alive

• Something too small to see

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What is an object?

• Something we can see and touch that is not alive

• Something that grows and eats food

• Only things made of metal

• Something we cannot see

What are materials?

• Things that we throw away

• Things that make up an object

• Only things made of paper

• Things we cannot touch

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What are properties?

• Something you can only guess about

• Something about an object you can observe with your senses

• Something hidden inside an object

• Something that is always the same

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How can objects be sorted into groups?

• By their colors only

• By their names

• By the properties they have in common

• By how much they cost

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What does it mean to describe something?

• To break it into pieces

• To talk about its properties

• To put it in the trash

• To hide it

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What is wood?

• A type of metal

• A material that comes from trees

• A type of rock

• A kind of plastic

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Which of these is made of wood?

• A glass cup

• A plastic bottle

• A wooden chair

• A paper airplane

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Which is matter?

• Ms. Straker

• My pencil

• My chair

• All of the above

The air is matter

• True
• False