Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties
are used to describe matter?
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Matter
Anything that has mass and takes up
space (volume)
Can be solid, liquid, gas or plasma
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Mass
The amount of matter in an object
Measured in grams (g)
Mass is not weight, weight depends on
gravity and can change
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Volume
The amount of space an object takes up
Is measured in mL or cm3 (cubic
centimeters)
1 mL= 1 cm3
mL
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Density
The amount of mass in a given volume
Measured in g/mL or g/cm3
Formula = mass ÷ volume
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Atom
The smallest unit of matter
Made up of protons, neutrons, and
electrons
From the Greek word: atomos
– “a” means not
– “tomos” means cuttable
Now take some time…
• Take 2 minutes to go over your notes and
highlight or underline the main ideas that
answer the essential question, you should not
highlight everything:
• Essential question: What physical properties
are used to describe matter?
Time to use the left hand column
• You will now write your own questions using
the verbs provided.
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Choose one verb to
write your
question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Matter
Anything that has mass and takes up
space (volume)
Can be solid, liquid, gas or plasma
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Choose one verb
to write your
question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Mass
The amount of matter in an object
Measured in grams (g)
Mass is not weight, weight depends on
gravity and can change
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Choose one verb
to write your
question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Volume
The amount of space an object takes up
Is measured in mL or cm3 (cubic
centimeters)
1 mL= 1 cm3
mL
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Choose one verb
to write your
question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Density
The amount of mass in a given volume
Measured in g/mL or g/cm3
Formula = mass ÷ volume
Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to
describe matter?
Choose one verb to
write your question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Atom
The smallest unit of matter
Made up of protons, neutrons, and
electrons
From the Greek word: atomos
– “a” means not
– “tomos” means cuttable
Now let’s write a summary
Look at each question you
wrote on your own, and
answer each question in a
complete sentence.