Matter and Materials

Question 1

What is matter?

Answer 1

Matter is everything around us.

Question 2

True or false, everything is made of atoms or molecules.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or false, if it is made of matter it does not have mass.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

How many forms have been found in the universe so far?

Answer 4

Five

Question 5

What is the definition of an element?

Answer 5

Matter made up of only one type of atom

Question 6

What is the definition of a compound?

Answer 6

Matter made up of more than one type of atom

Question 7

Matter can change in two different ways; physically and chemically. Define how matter can change physically.

Answer 7

Can change physically but does not change what it is

Question 8

Give an example of how matter can change physically.

Answer 8

Water. Solid; Ice, Liquid; Liquid water, gas; water vapour.

Question 9

Define how matter can change Chemically.

Answer 9

Can change chemically by adding or taking away atoms and/or
electrons; changes what it is! Can happens when things “decompose”

Question 10

Give an example of how matter can change Chemically.

Answer 10

Oxygen + Carbon = Carbon dioxide
O2 C CO2