Matter Review
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Use your notes and the Why Does Matter Matter? Article to help you answer these questions about matter.
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What are the 3 states of matter? __________ Solids, liquids, gases
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What is the meaning of matter (2 parts: all matter does what)? All Matter takes up space, and all matter has mass
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What is mass? The amount of matter an object has
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How do we find the mass of an object? By weighing it
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What is volume? How much space an object takes up
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How do we find the volume of solids? Measure the length, width and height and multiply them
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Describe what the atoms in a solid are like. Draw a picture to show how close or far they are from each other. They are packed close together
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Describe the atoms in a liquid. Draw a picture here to show how close or far they are from each other. They touch loosely with space between
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Describe the atoms in a gas. Draw a picture here to show how close or far they are from each other. They spread apart
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How can we change a solid to a liquid? Add heat
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How can we change a gas to a liquid? Take heat away
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How do we change a liquid to a solid ? Take heat away
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How do we change a liquid to a gas? Add heat
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How do you know that gases take up space? We watched as a baggie got bigger when we blew into it

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Matter Test
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Circle the right answer to make each sentence true.
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To make a solid a liquid you need to ( add heat or take heat away ).
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To make a liquid a solid you need to ( add heat or take heat away ).
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To make a gas a liquid you need to ( add heat or take heat away ).

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To make a liquid a gas you need to ( add heat or take heat away ).
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Volume is ( how much matter an object has or the amount of space an object takes up ).
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Mass is ( how much matter an object has or the amount of space an object takes up ).
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In this shape, draw + to show how the atoms in a solid are spaced.
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In this shape, draw + to show how the atoms in a gas are spaced.
Describe how the atoms in a liquid are spaced.
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All matter has ______________________ and all matter
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I left water in a cup on my desk on a Friday afternoon. When I came back to school on Monday, the water was gone but the cup was still on my desk. Explain in words what happened to the water in the cup. Tell where it is now and what state of matter it turned into.
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We know all matter takes up space. Explain how we know gases take up space without being able to see most gases.

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It rained a lot last night. There was a puddle on the sidewalk this morning. When I left school, suddenly the puddle was ice. Explain how that happened.
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What was your favorite part of the matter unit?
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