Properties of Matter Study Guide

State

• Definition: State is a soild, liquid, gas  

State

• Definition: State is a soild, liquid, gas  

Examples for State

• 1. Particles pack tightly together to create a solid. A wooden block is a solid.
• 2. . Water is a liquid because particles bump into each other.
• 3. Gas is air. The particles spread far apart. They can also move rapidly and can also bump into each other.

Color

•  Color is a property of matter that scientist use to describe and compar.  
• Examples:
• hot pink purple green

Texture

• Definition:  Something you can touch or feel.
• Examples:1. basketball = bumpy
• 2. sand paper= rough 3. desk= smooth
• 4. soft, furry, fuzzy, smooth, leathery, bumpy, rough

Temperature

• Definition: is how hot or cold an object is.

Examples for Temperature

• 1. Water freezes at 32 degrees fahrenheit which would be cold.
• 2. Iron ore is heated to 871 degrees fahrenheit to create steel. It is very hot.
• 3. if a beverage is too hot or too cold you use ice to cool it down
• 4. hot,cold,warm, and cool

Mass

• Definition:Mass is the amount of Matter in a object.
• Examples: 1.Place the object on one side of the pan balance.
• 2.Add gram weights to the other side till every side is balanced. 
• 3.Then add the sum of the mass of the object.

Volume

•  Definition:Volume is the amount of space something takes up.  

Examples for Volume

•  Measure volume using length, width,and height and 2. multiply all three numbers together
• Fill a beaker and note the the volume using mL. 2. Then place the object in the beaker.
• Note the new reading.
• To find the volume of a solid object,find the difference between the two volumes.