Physical Properties of Matter

Unit E Practice for Lesson 1

_____________________ is anything that takes up space.Matter

_______________________ anything you can observe about an object by using your senses.

Physical Property

A _________________ takes up a specific amount of space andhas a definite shape.

solid

A _______________ has a volume that stays the same, but it can change itsShape.

liquid

A ______________ does not have a definite shape or a definite volume.It takes up all the space in its container.

gas

Matter has physical properties that you can observe by using your________________ senses. You can _____________, ____________________________, _________________, and _______________matter.

five feel tastesee hear smell

The three states of matter we can observe are ____________,________________, and _______________.

solidsliquids gases

What does matter look like? You can see __________ and___________,and you can guess at ____________________.

color sizetemperature

What does matter feel like? Matter can feel ____________, ___________,______________, ____________,___________, _____________, and________________.

smooth roughsharp soft cold scratchyfurry

What matter tastes like? Matter can taste ______________, ___________,____________, or ______________.

sweet soursalty bitter

What does matter smell like? Smells can be _______________ or__________________. _______________ smell pleasant. ______________ smell unpleasant.

pleasantunpleasant RosesSkunks

Practice for Lesson 2 Unit E

___________________ are the basic building blocks of matter.Atoms

The three states of matter are _____________, _____________, and_________________.

solids liquidsgases

The process by which a liquid becomes a gas is called __________________.evaporation

Adding heat changes a solid to a ________________.liquid

Adding heat changes a liquid to a________________.gas

Taking away heat from a gas changes it to a _________________.liquid

Taking away heat from a liquid changes it to a _____________.solid

In solids, atoms fit ______________ together and do not __________very much.

tightly move

In liquids, atoms _____________ past each other.slide

In gases atoms are _____________ and are not connected.far apart

Atoms in gases _________________ until something stops them.

keep moving

_________________ heat or_______________ heat can cause matterto change states.

Adding taking away

__________________, ________________, and _______________names examples of solids.

Diamond rock glass

________________, _______________, and _____________names examples of liquids.Water coke juice

______________, _____________, and ________________names examples of physical properties of matter.

Hard soft sticky

Lesson 3 Unit EAll matter takes up ____________________.space

The amount of space matter takes up is called its ________________.volume

The amount of matter in an object is the ______________.mass

The volume of a liquid can be measured a __________________.measuring cup

Scientists often measure liquids in a container called a______________.It is marked along the side. A scientist can see exactly what the ______________________ of a liquid.

graduate

volume

A __________________ can also be used to measure the correct volumeof medicine. To measure its mass, you need a _________________ thatcan measure mass.

postage scalescale

To measure a _______________________, you need a scale aperson can stand.

person’s mass

Scales ___________________ in size depending on the size of theitems being measured.

differ

Which has more mass, a cup of water or a cup of air?___________________a cup of waterAn object’s _______________ stays the same no matter where the measurement is taken.

mass

An astronaut on the moon has the same______________ ashe or she has on earth.

mass

An astronaut’s ________________ on the moon would be 1/6of what he/she weighed on earth. This is because the moon’sgravity is 1/6 as strong as Earth’s gravity.

weight

The three states of matter are___________, ____________, and_______________.

solids liquidsgases