1. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
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2. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
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3. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
Matter
Anything that takes up space and has mass is matter.
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4. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
Matter
A characteristic of matter that you can observe or measure directly is a physical property.
You can use your senses to make physical observations like, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, and seeing.
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5. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
Matter
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6. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
The amount of matter in an object is its mass. You can use a pan balance to measure mass.
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7. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Less massive objects are measured in grams (g). More massive objects are measured in kilograms (kg).
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8. Describe That! Matter can be described in many ways.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Describe That!
Matter can be described in many ways.
It can be described by hardness, or how easily something can bend or dent.
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9. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Describe That!
Matter also can be described by size, taste, and color, or how light bounces off an object.
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10. Describe That! Matter can be described by texture, or what something
Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Describe That!
Matter can be described by
texture, or
what something
feels like.
Matter also can
be described by odor
and shape, or by an
object’s form.
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11. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Use Your Senses
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12. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Pump Up the Volume!
Volume is how much space an object takes up. Volume is measured in milliliters (mL).
The beaker can be used to measure the volume of liquids.
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13. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Pump Up the Volume!
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14. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
The dog in this tub takes up space. To make room for him, water was pushed out of the tub
“Displacement”
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15. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
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16. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
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17. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Don’t Be So Dense!
Density is a physical property of matter. It is the amount of matter present in a certain volume of a substance.
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18. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Don’t Be So Dense!
Density indicates how close together the particles in an object are.
The density of a substance does not depend on how much matter is present.
A small piece of eraser has the same density as a whole eraser.
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19. Don’t Be So Dense! Objects less dense than water float.
Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Don’t Be So Dense!
Objects less dense than water float.
Objects more dense than water sink.
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20. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Don’t Be So Dense!
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21. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
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22. Matter often is sorted and classified. Matter is sorted by shape,
Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
Matter often is sorted and classified.
Matter is sorted by shape,
mass, texture, color, odor,
and hardness.
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23. Unit 7 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter?
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