PROPERTIES OF MATTER WORKSHEET
NAME: ________________________________
DATE:_________________________________
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/reversible_irreversible_changes/play.shtml
1. Does the flour dissolve in the water?
2. Does the sugar dissolve in the water?
3. One of the substances listed above will dissolve and the other will not.
4. What type of mixture is the sand? (HINT: use your vocabulary that was on the board last week!)
5. What type of a mixture is the sugar?
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/activities/changeit.html
1. When you put the rock in the oven, what happens? Do you think that rocks will melt if the
temperature is hot enough? If so, explain why you think that.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
1. Describe how the particles in a solid behave compared to the gas particles in the picture. ***Pay
attention to the temperature bar: blue is cold, red is hot.
2. How does the temperature affect the formation of a gas? Explain the process of what makes a gas.
Frayers:
http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season7/matter/facts.cfm#what
Write down the definitions on the web page of the following and then write a definition in IN YOUR
OWN WORDS.
1. Atom
2. Mixture
3. Compound
4. Element
5. What are the two types of properties that matter can have? In your own words, describe each of those
two types.
6. Click on the animation links under solid, liquid, and gas and then name and sketch an example of this
in your notebook.
7. Scroll down on this main webpage and find the section listed “Change of State” and read that section
a. What is a change of state? Is it a physical or chemical change? Give a definition on a physical and
chemical change in your own words!!
8. Name five additional state of matter from this webpage.