Properties+of+Matter

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The 3 States of Matter are SOLID, LIQUID and GAS! Click here for a matter models website Click here to see how matter changes state Click here for more practice at matter changing state Click here for gas game

Matter has PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Mass (how much matter is in an object) Click here to practice measuring mass on a triple-beam balance More triple-beam practice Even more triple-beam practice Click here to practice measuring mass on a double-pan balance Volume (how much space an object takes up) Click here to practice measuring volume Click here to practice measuring volume with displacement <span style="color: #e8021e; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Density (how much matter is in a certain volume) (mass/volume=density) <span style="color: #021ce8; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to practice measuring density <span style="color: #e86f02; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Magnetism (whether an object attracts or repels to a magnet) <span style="color: #021ce8; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to test if objects are magnetic <span style="color: #7de802; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Ability to conduct or insulate (a conductor lets heat and electricty through and an insulator does not) <span style="color: #021ce8; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Click here to test conductors and insulators <span style="color: #02e8cb; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">State of matter (solid, liquid, gas) <span style="color: #021ce8; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Color (red, orange, yellow, purple, pink, etc.) <span style="color: #e802c3; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Shape (round, rectangle, oval, triangle, etc.) <span style="color: #f02424; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Texture (rough or smooth) <span style="color: #e88c02; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Hardness (hard or soft) <span style="color: #2ce802; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Flexible (can bend)