Matter

Matter vocabulary

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What is weight?

The measure of the pull of gravity between an object and Earth.

Matter

takes up space and has mass

Scientific Units of Measaure

Metric System

Mass

the amount of matter making up an object

Area

Number of square units that fit inside a surface, 2D, L x W

Volume

how much space an object takes up, 3D, L x W x H, measure in cubic units

Balance

an insturment used to measure mass

buoyancy

upward force of water or air that keeps things afloat

condensation

water particles change from a gas to liquid

density

amount of matter in a space, cube of styrofoam, wood and iron

element

a substance that is made up of only one type of matter, gold, periodic table of elements

evaporation

process which liquid changes to gas

gas

state of matter that does not take a definite amount of space or a definite shape

solid

matter that has a definite shape, takes up a definite amount of space, visible, hard to take aparat

liquid

matter that does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space, is visible, flows

3 States of Matter

solid, liquid, gas

gram

unit used to measure the mass of small objects

kilogram

standard unit of measure used to measure mass

melting

particle absorb heat energy and change from solid to liquid

freezing

heat energy is taken away and liquids turn to solid

Metric System

units of measure based on 10, used by scientists

Scale

instument used to measure weight

thermometer

instrument used to measure temperature

water is in liquid form at what temperture?

50 degrees celcius

Water freezes at what temperature?

zero degrees celcius

Water becomes gas at what temperature?

100 degrees celcius