Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of
Matter?
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Use Your Senses
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Matter
• Anything that takes up space and has mass is matter.
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What is Matter?
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Matter
• The amount of matter in an object is its mass. You can use a pan balance to measure mass.
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Matter
• Less massive objects are measured in grams (g). More massive objects are measured in kilograms (kg).
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Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Volume!
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• Volume is how much space an object takes up. Volume is measured in milliliters (mL).
• The beaker can be used to measure the volume of liquids.
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Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
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Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
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Matter
• A characteristic of matter that you can observe or measure directly is a physical property.
• You can use your senses to make physical observations like, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, and seeing.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
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Matter
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Describe That!
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• Matter can be described in many ways.
• It can be described by hardness, or how easily something can bend or dent.
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Describe That!
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• Matter also can be described by size, taste, and color, or how light bounces off an object.
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Describe That!
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• Matter can be described by texture, or what somethingfeels like.
• Matter also can be described by odorand shape, or by an
object’s form.
Use Your Senses
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Pump Up the Volume!
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Calculate the volume
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The dog in this tub takes up space. To make room
for him, water was pushed out of the tub
“Displacement”
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Don’t Be So Dense!
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• Density is a physical property of matter. It is the amount of matter present in a certain volume of a substance.
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Don’t Be So Dense!
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• Density indicates how close together the particles in an object are.
• The density of a substance does not depend on how much matter is present.
• A small piece of eraser has the same density as a whole eraser.
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Don’t Be So Dense!
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• Objects less dense than water float.
• Objects more dense than water sink.
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Sum up!
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Don’t Be So Dense!
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• Matter often is sorted and classified.
• Matter is sorted by shape, mass, texture, color, odor,and hardness.
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