Properties Test Flashcards
Qualities that describe objects or materials.
Properties
Physical properties are properties that we can easily ________ with our ________ -by seeing, hearing, touching, or smelling.
Observe
Senses
Color, hardness, texture, size, shape,and smell are __________ properties.
Physical
The temperature at which a substance starts changing from solid to liquid is its ___________ _________.
Melting point
When a substance boils, it is at it’s ________ ________.
Boiling point
Type of diagram often used by scientists to compare information.
Bar graph
_________ - making careful measurements that are exactly correct.
Accuracy
_________ - measure of how hot or cold an object is.
Temperature
_________- using a tool to accurately describe a physical property.
Measuring
Measurement used to measure the amount of space an object takes up.
Volume
_________ - tool that accurately measures temperature.
Thermometer
When a liquid gets warmer, it takes up (more or less space)?
More
The unit use to measure temperature is
Degree
What are the two different temperature scales?
Fahrenheit (F) and Celsius (C)
A _________ _________ is used to organize things or ideas so that they are easy to find or use.
Classification system
_______ - a group of things that have a lot in common.
Category
Anything that takes up space and has mass.
Matter
How much stuff an object is made of
Mass
Scientists classify matter into three categories:
Solid, liquid, and gas
The building block of all matter.
Atom
In the ______ _______, atoms are tightly packed and move very little
Solid state
In the ________ ________, atoms can move enough to slide past each other.
Liquid state
In the ______ _______, atoms are free from one another and move quickly.
Gas state
Friction produces ______, a form of energy.
Heat
