 Matter is anything that takes up space  Can you think of examples of matter?

 What IS mass?  Mass is the amount of material that an object has.

 Scientists answer questions by doing experiments  To do experiments/observations, scientists need tools

Put your name on a piece of paper and number it from 1 through 6 and try to name each of these scientific tools and what you think they do.

 The three metric bases that we will use are:  Meter (length)  Gram (mass)  Liter (liquid volume) kilo hectodeka Base Units meter gram liter deci centimilli

 So if you needed to measure length you would choose meter as your base unit  Length of a tree branch  1.5 meters  Length of a room  5 meters  Length of a ball of twine stretched out  25 meters

 But what if you need to measure a longer distance, like from your house to school?  Let’s say you live approximately 10 miles from school  10 miles = meters  is a big number, but what if you could add a PREFIX onto the base unit to make it easier to manage:  meters = kilometers (or 16.1 if rounded to 1 decimal place)

 These prefixes are based on multiples of 10. What does this mean?  From each prefix every “step” is either:  10 times larger or  10 times smaller  For example  Centimeters are 10 times larger than millimeters  1 centimeter = 10 millimeters kilo hectodeka Base Units meter gram liter deci centimilli

 Centimeters are 10 times larger than millimeters so it takes more millimeters for the same length 1 centimeter = 10 millimeters Example not to scale 4041

 An easy way to move within the metric system is by moving the decimal point one place for each “step” desired Example: change meters to centimeters Since we are going from a bigger measurement to a smaller measurement we move the decimal point to the right 1.0 meter = 10 decimeters = 100 centimeters

 Now let’s try an example going from meters to kilometers: Since we are going from meters to a larger kilometer measurement we move left one space for every “step” from the base unit to kilo  meters = kilometers (the same direction as in the diagram below) kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli

 Now let’s start from centimeters and convert to kilometers centimeters = 4 kilometers centimeters = kilometers kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli

 Now let’s start from meters and convert to kilometers 4000 meters = 4 kilometers kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli Now let’s start from centimeters and convert to meters 4000 centimeters = 40 meters

 Now let’s start from kilometers and convert to millimeters 4 kilometers = millimeters or 4 kilometers = 40 hectometers = 400 dekameters = 4000 meters = decimeters = centimeters = millimeters kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli

 Now let’s start from meters and convert to centimeters 5 meters = 500 centimeters kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli kilo hectodeka meter liter gram deci centimilli Now let’s start from kilometers and convert to meters.3 kilometers = 300 meters

 Summary 1. Base units in the metric system are meter, liter, gram 2. Metric system is based on multiples of For conversions within the metric system, each “step” is 1 decimal place to the right or left depending on if the measurement is larger or smaller than the one you started off with kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli

Length = meter Mass = grams Volume of a liquid = Liters Volume of a Solid = cm 3

 What would you measure with this? Length, mass or volume? What lines show milimeters (mm)? What lines show centimeters (cm)?

 Metric units are very nice to work with, since they are all multiples of ten of each other. You can convert between the various different sizes by merely moving the decimal point the correct number of places.  10 millimeters = 1 centimeter  10 centimeter = 1 decimeter  10 decimeters = 1 meter  10 meters = 1 dekameter  10 deka meters = 1 hectometer  10 hectometers = 1 kilometer

King Henry Doesn't [Usually] Drink Chocolate Milk Kilo Hecto Deka Unit Deci Centi Mili Base 1/10 1/100 1/1000

5m 4m 3m = 12 m

5 cm 11 cm 5 x 11 = 55 square cm

VOLUME Is a measure of 3 dimensions: LENGTH, WIDTH, & HEIGHT In order to find volume you have to multiply LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT

Now that we are working with all three dimensions when finding volume, the units are cubes.

THIS IS 1 CUBIC CENTIMETER. (1 X 1 X 1) 1 cm

CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF THIS PRISM. 5 cm 8 cm 6 cm

The volume is 240 cubic cm. 6 x 5 x 8 5 cm 8 cm 6 cm

Calculate the volume of this prism. 3 cm 12 cm 5 cm

The volume is 180 cubic cm. 5 x 3 x 12 3 cm 12 cm 5 cm

Measuring Liquid Volume

Measuring Volume Top Image: Bottom Image: We will be using graduated cylinders to find the volume of liquids and other objects. Read the measurement based on the bottom of the meniscus or curve. When using a real cylinder, make sure you are eye-level with the level of the water. What is the volume of water in the cylinder? What causes the meniscus? A concave meniscus occurs when the molecules of the liquid attract those of the container. The glass attracts the water on the sides. _____mL

Measuring Liquid Volume Images created at What is the volume of water in each graduated cylinder? Pay attention to the scales for each cylinder.

Measuring the Volume of Irregularly shaped objects 10 cm 9 cm 8 cm We can measure the volume of regular object using the formula length x width x height. _____ X _____ X _____ = _____ We can measure the volume of irregular object using water displacement. Amount of H 2 O with object = ______ About of H 2 O without object = ______ Difference = Volume = ______

 Density is a physical property of matter that describes how closely packed together the atoms of an element or molecules of a compound are.  The more closely packed together they are, the more dense the object. Hence, it can be helpful to know the densities

 Density is a property of matter that is defined as the ratio of an object's mass to its volume.  Units for density:  grams per milliliters (g/mL) if a liquid  grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm 3 ) if a solid

Density of Some Common Substances Substance Density (g/cm 3 ) Air Feathers Wood(Oa k) Ice 0.92 Water 1.00 Bricks 1.84 Aluminu m 2.70 Steel 7.80 Silver Gold Density is an easy concept to confuse. For example, many items that we commonly think of as "light" or "heavy" do not have different masses, but they do have different densities.

 Water’s density = 1.0 g/mL: If object’s density is more than that, it will sink in water, if an object’s density is less than that, it will float in water  If an object’s density = water, it will be suspended in water.  Wood floats on water, steel sinks

 Density applies not only to solids, but liquids and gases  Example: Hot air rises because it’s less dense than the cool air  Example: Oil floats on top of water

 The density of a substance is a measure of how much mass is present in a given unit of volume.  Mass M Density = or D = Volume v

 1. A student determines that a piece of an unknown material has a mass of g and a volume of 7.57 cm 3. What is the density of the material, rounded to the nearest hundredth?

 Step 1: Write the correct formula at the top of your page, as well as the knowns and unknowns, with the knowns in the proper units.  m D = v  M= g V = 7.57 cm 3  D = ?

 Step 2: Substitute the known values in the formula  g D = cm 3

 Step 3: Calculate your answer, including units  D = g cm 3 D = g/cm 3

 Step 4: Round to the nearest hundredth.  D = 0.77 g/cm 3  Will this object sink or float in water?  Float—its density is less than 1.0 g/mL Is this a solid or a liquid? solid

 Mass = 16 g, Volume = 13.5 mL, Density = ?  Does it sink or float in water? Is it a solid or liquid?  Mass = 45 g, Volume = 6.7 cm 3, Density = ?  Does it sink or float in water? Is it a solid or liquid?  Mass = 15.9 g, Volume = 4.3 mL, Density = ?  Does it sink or float in water? Is it a solid or liquid?

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