Everything Is Made of Everything Is Made of MatterMatter

• What is Matter?What is Matter?– Matter is anything that has volume and mass.Matter is anything that has volume and mass.

• What is volume?What is volume?– Volume is the amount of space taken up or Volume is the amount of space taken up or

occupied by an objectoccupied by an object

• What is mass?What is mass?– Mass is the amount of matter that something Mass is the amount of matter that something

is made ofis made of

–Liquid volume is Liquid volume is measured with a measured with a graduated cylindergraduated cylinder–Volume can be Volume can be

expressed in milliliters expressed in milliliters (ml) or cubic (ml) or cubic centimeters (cmcentimeters (cm33).).

How Do You Determine the Volume How Do You Determine the Volume of a solid?of a solid?

• The volume of a regular shaped solid can The volume of a regular shaped solid can be determined by multiplying its length be determined by multiplying its length by its width by its height by its width by its height

What about the volume of an What about the volume of an irregular solid---like a rock??irregular solid---like a rock??

1.1. Read liquid volume in a Read liquid volume in a graduated cylindergraduated cylinder

2.2. Place irregular shaped solid Place irregular shaped solid in graduatedin graduated

3.3. Water will rise or displaceWater will rise or displace4.4. Reread the water level in Reread the water level in

the graduated cylinderthe graduated cylinder5.5. Subtract the new reading Subtract the new reading

from the original readingfrom the original reading6.6. This is the volume of the This is the volume of the

irregular solidirregular solid

How about the volume of a gas??How about the volume of a gas??

Or Or

How about the mass of a gas??How about the mass of a gas??

What is Mass?What is Mass?

– a measure of the amount of matter in an a measure of the amount of matter in an object. object. –always constant for an object no matter always constant for an object no matter

where the object is in the universe.where the object is in the universe.–expressed in kilograms (kg), grams (g), expressed in kilograms (kg), grams (g),

and milligrams (mg).and milligrams (mg).

How do you measure the mass of How do you measure the mass of matter?matter?

• You use a balance to measure massYou use a balance to measure mass• For solids, you place object on balance and For solids, you place object on balance and

read its massread its mass

How do you find the mass of a liquid or gas?

1) Measure the mass of a container2) Place liquid or gas in container3) Reread the mass of the container4) Subtract this mass from the original mass5) This is the mass of your liquid or gas

• The volume of the sun is about 1 The volume of the sun is about 1 million times larger than the million times larger than the volume of the Earth.volume of the Earth.• The volume of a raindrop is The volume of a raindrop is

0.09ml, which means that it would 0.09ml, which means that it would take almost 4,000 take almost 4,000 raindrops to fill a raindrops to fill a soda can.soda can.