Physical Properties
of Matter
BY MR. V. CALZADA
Identify the Mystery Object
Identify the Mystery Object
• Color: Green
• Texture: Smooth and Bumpy
Identify the Mystery Object
Texture and Color: Smooth fleshy white
interior
Identify the Mystery Object
It has seeds in its interior.
What is it?
Vocabulary
 matter
physical properties
 mass
weight
 volume
density
 solubility
Matter and Physical Properties
Matter
has in own sets of physical
properties and can be used to identify
an object by its name.
They
can be observed and
measured.
Observable Properties of Matter
•
Physical properties can be observed using your 5 senses.
•
Sight
•
Sound
•
Smell
•
Taste but not in the laboratory
•
Tactile
Physical properties that can be observed include:
•
color
taste
•
conductivity
magnetism
hardness
solubility
Measurable Properties of Matter

Measurements in Science are especially useful because they
provide more exact descriptions of matter than direct
observations do.

Examples of measurements of physical properties include:
 mass
 weight
 length/distance
 volume
 density
 temperatures
 time
Mass and Weight
Weight
Mass
• Amount of matter in
an object
• A balance can be
used to measure
mass.
• Mass stays the
same between
place to place.
Measure
in grams
and
kilograms
• Amount of matter
pulled by the force
of gravity.
• A weight/spring
scale can be used
to measure weight.
• Weight changes
between place to
place.
Example:
On Earth if you weigh 60 pounds, then you would weigh 10 pounds on the Moon.
If the mass of an object is 10 kilograms on Earth, then it would have the same mass on the
Moon.
Measureable Physical Property:
Volume

Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up.

There are several different ways of measuring volume:
 graduated
cylinder
 graduated
beaker
 measuring
 rain

cup
gauge
Volume can be found by multiplying length x width x
height in regular shapes.
V
=lxwxh
Volume Continued

One way to find the volume of irregular shaped objects is through the
displacement of water in a measuring container.

Partially fill a measuring container with water.

Write down the beginning volume.

Place a solid in a liquid.

The level of the liquid will rise.

Write down the ending volume after the displacement.

Find the difference between the beginning volume and the ending
volume.
 Example:
Ending Volume – Beginning Volume = Volume of irregular shaped object
57 ml
- 50 ml
= 7 cm³
Density

It is a characteristic property of matter.
 It
is unique and it will NEVER change.

When an object/matter sinks in water, we say
that it is denser than water.

When an object/matter floats in water, we say
that is less dense than water..

Density is found by using the following formula:
Density
= Mass ÷ Volume
List of Common Substance
Densities

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/density.html
Density: List of Substances that
Float in Water

Visit the following link:

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-density.html
Density
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kodeQnQvU