Science Study Guide: Matter

Name: ______Date: ______#:______

1. What is matter?

_____Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass. ______

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2.
Kelly is using a balance to compare the mass of three different blocks. Look at the 50 balances pictured below. Which block has the greatest mass?

3. How is a solid different from a liquid or a gas?

___A solid has its own definite shape. ______

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Name of Object / Mass of Object
paper clip / 1 gram
quarter / 5 grams
pencil / 6 grams

4. Ms. Uible’s class is measuring the mass of some common objects in their classroom. Their data is shown in the table below. Which statement is true about the data they collected?

A. The mass of the pencil is less than the mass of the quarter.

B. The mass of five paper clips would be equal to the mass of the quarter.

C. The mass of the quarter is greater than the mass of the pencil.

D. The mass of the quarter is less than the mass of a paperclip.

5. Ms. Pearsaul’s class is making spaghetti sauce for the New Berlin’s Spaghetti Dinner. They are using Prego sauce, ground beef, onions, and spices. The students want to make two different sauces with different amounts of spices: one spicy, one mild.

What should the students do as they experiment?

A. Use the same amount of each spice in the soup.

B. Guess how much of each spice they should use.

C. Measure and record the amount of spice they used for each sauce.

D. Try to remember how much of each spice they used.

Explain why you chose your answer:

___Measurement and data collection is a step in the scientific method.______

6. Water, orange juice and olive oil are all examples of liquids. Air is an example of gas. What property does liquids and gases both share? (Hint: Think about if they were in containers.)

___Liquids and gases will both take the shape of the container they are in. ______

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7. Ms. Voss is working with her students to sort objects by their properties. They have a Kleenex box, a pack of notebook paper, and a meter stick in one group. They put a beach ball, a ping-pong ball, and a bouncy ball in another group. What is their sorting rule?

A. Objects are sorted by color.

B. Objects are sorted by games.

C. Objects are sorted by shape.

D. Objects are sorted by smell.

8. Mrs. Brown’s class found several caterpillars on the playground. They asked lots of questions about the length. The teacher divided the class into 4 groups. Each group decided on a question about the caterpillar’s length they wanted to investigate. What would be the most scientific way for the students to carry out their investigation?

A. Draw pictures of the caterpillars.

B. Find books with information about caterpillars.

C. Measure the length of each caterpillar, record the data, and discuss their findings.

9. What word describes the amount of space is taken up by air in a balloon?

Volume

10. You want to share a bottle of kool-aid with four friends. What would be the best tool to use to be sure that each person gets the same amount?

A. Balance

B. Measuring Cup

C. Metric Ruler

D. Thermometer

11. Here is a chart that shows the properties of two sport balls. Describe a different property that would give more information about each ball.

Kind of Ball / Color / Texture / Hard or soft?
basketball / orange / bumpy / hard
Kickball / red / smooth / soft

____Another property that we could describe would be the smell. Both the basketball and the kickball would smell rubbery. ______

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